this State to speed up deadlines to finish design from him emergency action plan. According to executive sources, this Monday is a inter-ministerial meeting agreeing on the priority of the measures in order to give the green light. eraser Spain wants to face energy crisis and this should be sent Brussels next week. The measures of the plan include: new mechanismextinct similar cuttabilityavoid overconsumption inside specific momentsas verified by government sources.
Until 1 July 2020, one in Spain backup mechanism electrical system in case of need, known as cuttability auctions. The government has committed some money with industry for this existence available in the moments high demand. The mechanism has been discontinued at its request – except for the islands where it is still in effect. Brusselsthinks that it is against the single market and its plan. state aid.
With the energy crisis, the government decided. return This measure is only new designAs described by the executive. If the specific details are not known, the new mechanism may go beyond the known. big businesses to the rest of the energy, which were the main recipients of the old formula. sueas suggested by Basque government in submitted ‘claims’ Ministry of Ecological Transition for the preparation Emergency action plan.
The purpose of the enforcement is the enforcement of the measure. speedAlthough, regulatory change It will be subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers. This mechanism is actually main conditions It was established by the Government to allow the closure of the second section of the As Pontes coal plant and the return of cogeneration plants to production.
According to Red Electrica, power cut Negligible in Spain, market sources explain. However, the same sources add that the electrical system operator asks the companies that own the facility. production facilities (eg combined cycles case) maintenance operations and consider the “complex current situation” when planning this maintenance.
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The entire industry sector asked the Manager return a schema as in cuttabilityas well as his gas extensionfor ““encourage pauses” place in the industry forced cuts activity as described carlos reinosoCEO paperIt is one of the main organizations of the Alliance for the Competitiveness of Spanish Industry, which brings together the automotive, refining, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, food and beverage, cement, mineral raw materials and steel industries.
Also they are big electro-intensive consumers He admits it “makes more sense now than ever,” according to its chief executive, grouped in the Association of Large Energy Consumption Companies (AEGE), which has requested this plan since its disappearance two years ago. Fernando Soto. In fact, Soto remembers that on July 24, 2021, there was a power outage that lasted for about an hour in some places in Spain as a result of a failure in the Red Eléctrica (REE) link with France.
On the other hand, Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto announced a few weeks ago that the Government is working with Brussels. maximum threshold compensatory assistance for CO2 emission costs For future calls after raising it to 244 million in May this year. This is the maximum level allowed by the European Commission. In 2021, the Government allocated 179 million euros for this concept, which benefits 170 companies.