Red Eléctrica will appeal in court the sanction imposed by the Governing Council of 8,001,129 euros for the partial blackout that occurred in the south of the island on June 15, 2020. The problem occurred in the substations of 66 kilovolts (kV) located in the Industrial Park of Granadilla, Granadilla, Arona, Chayofa, Los Olivos and Guía de Isora.
The blackout began at 1:08 p.m. on June 15, 2020 and ended 54 minutes later, at 2:02 p.m. In that period of time, a total of 149,970 subscribers from seven municipalities in the region remained without power supply: Granadilla de Abona, San Miguel de Abona, Vilaflor, Arona, Adeje, Guía de Isora and Santiago del Mount Teide.
It so happens that the following month, on July 15, 2020, Tenerife suffered a general blackout, or “energy zero”, which left the island without electricity from 9:45 a.m. to 4:44 p.m. It then affected 950,000 inhabitants. The cause was a breakdown in a generator at the Granadilla thermal power plant. In fact, the open file to clarify what happened exonerated Red Eléctrica from any responsibility.
The partial incidence that affected seven municipalities in the south of Tenerife, and that motivates the sanction announced the day before yesterday by the Canary Islands Government, was registered five days after the same regional Executive made public a sanction of 30 million euros to the same company. The cause was a general blackout that affected the Island on September 29, 2019. Subsequently, this fine was reduced to 12 million euros and Red Eléctrica appealed it to the courts, in a process that is still not resolved at present. , as confirmed by sources from the energy transport company.
