Redeia (REE) had remained more or less stable in its price during the week, but today their actions fall strongly in the IBEX 35, with a punishment that has come to over 5%. At half a session, the decrease is 4.43% to 18.35 euros.
Today the newspaper Expansion He publishes that the great electric, Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy and Repsol, and other distributors, understand that it is Red Electric (REE), matrix of the quoted, which must cover the billionaire cost that is expected in compensation to users for the light blackout that occurred last Monday in Spain.
The supply cut began before yesterday at 12:32 a.m., but until 10:00 yesterday was not fully remedied. It affected the entire peninsular Spain, which means 30 million light contracts.
Legally, users affected by a light blackout in Spain have the right to claim compensation if the cut is greater than three minutes, expansion stands out. They can require up to 10% of the cost of supply of a whole year, but also damages for the consequences of the blackout.
While, The president of Redeia, Beatriz Corredor, has ruled out resigning from her positionwhile assuring that this situation «today will not happen again.» This has expressed the directive in the first interview after the collapse of the electrical system carried out by the Chain ser and collected by Europa Presswhere he has also taken the opportunity to disconnect the blackout of the penetration of renewables in the Spanish electrical system.
In this sense, Corredor explained that these technologies already work in “stable” and have systems that allow them to work as a conventional generation system, “without any security problem. The former minister has reaffirmed that, despite the massive incident of Monday, the Spanish electrical system is the“ best in Europe ”.