Power outages across the Iberian Peninsula affect Portugal

REN informs that operations to re-energize the national electricity system are underway, following the power outage in the Iberian Peninsula and felt in Portugal since 11:33 am today. At this time, it was possible to recover production at the Castelo de Bode hydroelectric power plant and the Tapada do Outeiro thermoelectric plant. With this production, a very gradual process of resuming consumption is underway, firstly in the region of these plants and progressively in adjacent areas.

The necessary actions are also being prepared to resume, firstly, the supply to priority consumption points, such as hospitals, security forces, airports and railways and roads.

The operations to restore energy distribution throughout the country are particularly complex, as they are being carried out in a situation of complete power outage and using only national production resources, unlike what is happening in Spain, where the operation to return to normality is counting on contributions from the French and Moroccan electricity systems.