An extraordinary meeting is currently taking place at the Ministry of Energy after the blacketing caused in Spain and Portugal.

The meeting is attended by senior executives of the Regulatory Authority of Waste, Energy and Water (RAAE), the Managers of the Electric Networks (ADMIE and DEDDIE) as well as the National Cyber ​​Security Authority.

The meeting as the relevant sources explain is preventive and all the information available so far is evaluated.

The unprecedented Blackout that hit Spain and Portugal today caused chaos in transport, air transport and communications network. Power cuts were reported throughout the Iberian peninsula, while reports of problems occurred earlier in areas of France. The Portuguese Network manager Ren said that “electricity vacation in Portugal was the result of damage to the Spanish electricity grid, which is associated with a rare atmospheric phenomenon”, known as “induced atmospheric change”.