Yesterday, Spain experienced its first major power outage in its history, but there is no indication that this will lead to self-criticism from the government.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez has already chosen scapegoats: the 'private operators'<\/big><\/p>\n In 2022, Pedro S\u00e1nchez said there would be no blackouts in Spain<\/a>, accusing the \"right\" and the \"far right\" of fueling that possibility. More than 24 hours after the blackout began, S\u00e1nchez has yet to explain the causes<\/strong>, he did not want to rule out a cyberattack and has pointed the finger at \"private operators\"<\/a>, which already points to part of the government's strategy to avoid its responsibility in this serious event<\/strong>, unprecedented in Spain, with one of its favorite techniques: looking for scapegoats to blame<\/strong> for what happened.<\/p>\n Red El\u00e9ctrica de Espa\u00f1a has ruled out a cyberattack<\/big><\/p>\n Despite S\u00e1nchez's statements, this morning Red El\u00e9ctrica Espa\u00f1ola<\/strong>, which owns the entire transmission grid in Spain, has ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack<\/a>: \"since yesterday, we have had the collaboration of Incibe [National Cybersecurity Institute], the CNI [National Intelligence Center], and this morning we have been able to conclude that there has indeed been no type of intrusion<\/strong> in the control systems of Red El\u00e9ctrica that could have caused the incident\"<\/em>, said the director of Services for Operation of Red El\u00e9ctrica de Espa\u00f1a, Eduardo Prieto.<\/p>\n An electricity supply managed by a government-controlled company<\/big><\/p>\n Given this, why doesn't S\u00e1nchez rule out a cyberattack? Because the other possibility, a failure, would leave the government in a very bad position<\/strong>. In fact, although the Prime Minister points to \"private operators\" and states that he will hold them accountable, the management of the electricity supply in Spain depends on Red El\u00e9ctrica de Espa\u00f1a<\/strong>, in which the State holds a 20% stake through SEPI<\/a> (State Industrial Participation Company).<\/p>\n In fact, the president of Red El\u00e9ctrica de Espa\u00f1a was appointed by the S\u00e1nchez government in February 2020<\/a>. For the position, S\u00e1nchez chose Beatriz Corredor, a member of the PSOE executive<\/strong> at the time of her appointment as president of Red El\u00e9ctrica and who was Minister of Housing under Zapatero's socialist government. Red El\u00e9ctrica is one of the many companies colonized by the PSOE<\/a>, which has become a veritable placement agency for socialist leaders in state-controlled institutions and companies.<\/p>\n Red El\u00e9ctrica was warned that this could happen but ruled it out<\/big><\/p>\n It should be noted that Red El\u00e9ctrica was warned that this could happen<\/strong>. In February 2025, Ernst & Young audited that company<\/a>, warning of the following in the midst of the process of closing nuclear power plants by decision of the S\u00e1nchez government:<\/p>\n \"Greater difficulty in system operation: reduction in firm power and balancing capacities and greater risk of operational incidents that could affect supply<\/strong>. This leads to potential reputational impacts.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In light of the controversy surrounding this report, Red El\u00e9ctrica published a message on Twitter on April 9 stating: \"There is no risk of a blackout. Red El\u00e9ctrica guarantees the supply<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n S\u00e1nchez is trying to buy time until the blackout is no longer talked about<\/big><\/p>\n Finally, the blackout came and Red El\u00e9ctrica failed to deliver on its promise, but instead of assigning responsibility, S\u00e1nchez is now trying to buy time until the matter is no longer discussed<\/strong>, promising an \"independent\" (but government-controlled) commission of inquiry and pointing the finger at \"private operators\" so that responsibility for Red El\u00e9ctrica does not fall on the government<\/strong>, which was the one that put a socialist activist in charge of the company. Obviously, this serves to avoid problems for S\u00e1nchez but not to prevent the blackout from happening again<\/strong>, a possibility that can no longer be ruled out after what happened yesterday and the government's lack of explanations in this regard.<\/p>\n S\u00e1nchez insists on denying reality and says that nuclear power plants \u201care a problem\u201d<\/big><\/p>\n In fact, S\u00e1nchez has again criticized nuclear power plants today, saying that \"they are a problem\"<\/a>, but this blackout has not been suffered by France, which has 56 nuclear power plants, nor by South Korea (25), nor by the US (93) nor by Canada (19)<\/a>, but by Spain, which has 7 and is in the process of closing<\/strong>. In fact, the lack of response from the few Spanish nuclear power plants to yesterday's blackout is due to the government itself. In February, El Peri\u00f3dico de la Energ\u00eda reported that the taxes imposed by the S\u00e1nchez government were leaving all Spanish nuclear power plants out of the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n In fact, on April 19, El Debate published<\/a>: \"Spain disconnects most of its nuclear power plants during Easter due to the \"disproportionate\" tax burden<\/strong>\"<\/em>. Because of this, according to the media, \"nuclear power is barely accounting for 7% of generation these days, when the usual rate is around 20%.\"<\/em><\/p>\n France, with 56 nuclear power plants, had to rescue Spain after the blackout<\/big><\/p>\n
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