Spain's CNMC commissions REE report to decide who pays the "high" cost of anti-blackout operations
On July 27, 2026, the CNMC asked Red Eléctrica for a study on the methodology for allocating technical restrictions to demand, to assess whether the current mechanism sends adequate signals to consumers and reflects costs correctly. The regulator rejected the large utilities' proposal to set an ex-ante regulated price and warns that the overall cost of technical restrictions remains high, even though reinforced operation fell from 516 to 275 million euros.
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- The CNMC asked REE for a study on how the cost overrun of technical restrictions is shared among consumers.
- The regulator rejected the large utilities' proposal for an ex-ante regulated price, citing the risk of failing to anticipate the real evolution of costs.
- Reinforced operation fell from 516 million euros between May and December 2025 to 275 million between January and September 2026.
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