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Companies 10th October 2025

Red Eléctrica asks CNMC to make changes to electricity operating system to prevent another blackout

Bankinter | Red Eléctrica (REE), the group responsible for managing Spain’s electricity grids, has asked the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) to urgently process – within five days – its proposal to change some of its electricity system operating procedures in order to prevent another blackout. Among other measures, it proposes that all conventional power plants with the capacity to regulate electrical voltage – essentially nuclear, gas, combined…

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Spanish economy 9th October 2025

Red Eléctrica Warns Spain Is Again at Risk of Blackout

Red Eléctrica, the Spanish electrical system’s technical operator, states that it has observed “sharp voltage variations in the Spanish peninsular electrical system over the last two weeks, such that they could impact the security of supply if the proposed changes are not implemented.” These operational changes have been requested from the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), which quickly approved them. Red Eléctrica contacted the CNMC on Tuesday with…

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Spanish economy 6th February 2019

Spanish Utilities’ Regulator Wants To Control Debt And Dividends

The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC in its acronym in Spanish) is processing a circular so that all energy companies which supply electricity, gas and hydrocarbons meet six ratios which constrain their level of debt and dividends in relations to the volume of assets, cash flow, EBITDA or financial costs.

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Interviews 11th January 2017

“Coal Still Accounts For 20% Of Our Electricity Generation: Even More In 2016”

“We are still generating 20% of our electricity with coal and this increased in 2016 compared with the previous year…It’s cheaper than gas. And that’s the point: no matter how much we try to establish targets, companies operate on a day-to-day basis, look for economic efficiency and use the cheapest form of energy available,” says Carmen Gómez de Barreda, board member at Red Eléctrica.

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Spanish economy 9th January 2017

Spain’s Energy Companies Will Pay Town Councils For Cables Installation

The country’s Supreme Court has ruled that town councils should charge Spain’s electricity and gas companies for using the public domain for their energy transport installations, at a rate of between 3,000 and 12,000 euros per linear metre a year. This is what the court has set down in five legal rulings, putting an end to a long dispute between the town councils and the companies which refused to pay these fees.

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Markets, Spanish Small & Mid Caps 29th December 2016

Refreshing Our Thoughts on REE: More Domestic Energy Policy Risk

UBS | REE delivered an impressive annual total return of over 20% in the past 5 years. This was driven by EPS growth, supportive regulation and above all, falling sovereign bond yields. The trend however was halted this year as bond yields recovered and yield expansion impacted the stock – a risk which continues to keep us cautious on REE, and on regulated names in general.