Red Eléctrica maintains that its defense system did not fail during the blackout that a year ago left the Iberian Peninsula without supply and defends that the restoration of service was a "success." The company has released a documentary coinciding with the anniversary of the electrical zero, in which it rejects that any action or non-compliance can be attributed to it in that episode.
In that content, the company insists that there is no action linked to the blackout that can be attributed to it. It also focuses on the role of the companies involved in the entire chain of the electrical system, from generation to distribution and commercialization.
The company claims the response to the cut
Red Eléctrica frames the documentary as a review of what happened a year after the incident that left the peninsula in darkness. In that reconstruction, the company maintains that the recovery of the supply was effective and presents the restoration as one of the central elements of its public defense.
The president of Red Eléctrica, Beatriz Corredor, also assures that the blackout marked a turning point. She frames it in terms of learning for the system and reinforcement against a possible repetition of a similar episode.
"There is a before and an after" - Beatriz Corredor, president of Red Eléctrica
Corredor adds that, in his opinion, if all operators comply with their obligations, the system will be preserved. The statement links with the idea expressed by the company that supply security depends on the set of actors involved in the electrical grid.
A reference to a meeting in La Moncloa
In the documentary, Corredor also recounts a meeting held in La Moncloa with executives from large electricity companies. There, as she explains, one of the attendees commented that there was a plant owned by his company that could be at the origin of the blackout. The president does not specify neither the name of the executive nor that of the company to which she refers.
That mention appears in a context in which Red Eléctrica again demands that all data linked to what happened be known. Corredor expresses his displeasure because, a year later, the origin of the incident still remains completely unclear.
"That a year later these data continue without being made public, that a year later the reality of the facts continues to be questioned, it is very difficult for me to accept it because I believe it goes against the general interest" - Beatriz Corredor, president of Red Eléctrica
The position conveyed by the company is based on that double idea. On the one hand, to disassociate itself from any non-compliance related to the electrical zero. On the other hand, to demand that the pending doubts about the origin of the blackout and about the actions of the rest of the system operators, from generation to commercialization, be cleared.