Portugal points to Spain. According to him Portuguese governmentthe origin of Electrical failure that on Monday he left the entire Iberian peninsula and parts of southern France, occurred in Spain, and It keeps the commercial exchange of electricity between both countries “for prudence” suspended. The exact cause of the ruling is unknown, but the Portuguese authorities assured that the origin of the incident was in Spain. In response, the Prime Minister of Functions of Portugal, Luís Montenegroannounced that will ask the European Commission for an audit independent about the electrical systems of the affected countries.
“Recovery has been faster even in Portugal than in Spain“Montenegro said after an extraordinary council of ministers, although the reconnection of both countries was practically at the same time. He also stressed the need to obtain”Answers as soon as possible“On the part of the neighboring country. The Portuguese executive will formalize its request to Brussels, while Spain must submit a report within three months detailing the causes, impacts and corrective measures after the blackout, according to community sources.
Besides, European regulations require technical investigation deeper if the incident is classified as serious, on a scale of 0 to 3. although the blackout has not yet been officially classified, less serious precedents of blackouts in Croatia, Romania and Albania They were classified as level 3, so a lower categorization in this incident is not expected, which was greater.
Las interconnections between Portugal and Spain are technically operationalbut the REN EJECURED ADMINISTRATOR, João Faria ConceiçãoHe clarified that commercial exchange of energy is not produced as a precautionary measure agreed with the Portuguese government, the General Directorate of Energy and the Spanish authorities.
“We are converging to a normal situation,” Conceição told CNN Portugal on Wednesday, although he clarified that The distribution takes a little longer to stabilize. The system is in a final phase, prior to the complete standardization of the wholesale market, which is expected to reach this midnight.
2% population without connection
Cuestoned on Las Posbles Causes, Conceição considered an excess renewable energy plausible In the system, although it did not rule out other hypotheses. “Apparently, and according to the Spanish authorities, cybernetic issues are already discarded,” he said, referring to the cyber attack hypothesis.
“Renewables are a safe energy source“The Prime Minister said, but He recalled that his volatility must be managed precisely To mitigate risks. He also warned that, although the blackout was “extraordinary”, “zero risk does not exist.”
Portugalas well as Space, has restored practically all its services. According to the Government, schools, health systems, transport, including air, and water supply work normally. Telecommunications are the slowest aspect to return to normal, and the National Communications Authority (ANACOM) reported on Wednesday that 98% of customers of the main operators already have services of mobile network, internet and television reset – therefore, The remaining 2% has failures mainly on the mobile networkdue to technical problems derived from the blackout, which require land interventions.
