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The CNMC's investigation into the blackout adds 15 new sanctioning proceedings against electricity companies

The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has communicated this Friday the opening of 15 new sanctioning proceedings for indications of "serious" infringements within the investigations into the blackout of April 28, 2025, although the investigated conduct would have occurred on dates other than that day. Most of these proceedings are...

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The CNMC defends that on the day of the blackout there were already sufficient mechanisms to control the system's voltage

The president of the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), Cani Fernández, specified this Tuesday in Congress that on the day of the 2025 blackout, "sufficient" regulatory mechanisms were operational to control the electricity system's voltage and that at no time was there a "regulatory vacuum". During his appearance before...

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The CNMC opens several sanctioning proceedings for indications of infringement after the great electrical blackout

The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has informed this Friday of the opening of several sanctioning files for "indications of infringement" within the framework of the investigations it is carrying out regarding the blackout registered on April 28, 2025.In a note sent to the media, the supervisory body...

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Danger! Unsupervised networks: the CNMC is once again left without powers due to the rejection of Congress

The approach is simple. Four years ago, Parliament approved what is known as the Digital Services Act (known as DSA by its acronym in English) to protect fundamental rights in the digital environment and for operators to be accountable for the content published on their platforms. Being a regulation, its entry...

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PP challenges PSOE and overturns its law for network control after offering a pact to renew the CNMC

Few things cost the PP more than resisting the temptation to overturn a Government initiative. And not even sharing its philosophy. It advanced its endorsement, by support or abstention, to the PSOE's reform to give new powers to the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC)... and ended up 'killing'...

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The president of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), Cani Fernández Marta Fernández - Europa Press

The PSOE seeks to expedite the law so that the CNMC supervises social media

The PSOE seeks an urgent processing of the reform that enables the supervision of social networks by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) as coordinator of digital services. The supervisor is the entity designated by the Government for the control of digital markets and to enforce the European DSA...

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View of a high-voltage tower, in Madrid (Spain). Jesús Hellín - Europa Press

The electricity system accumulates a provisional deficit of 1,098.13 million in 2025 awaiting the final settlement

The electricity system closed the thirteenth and penultimate settlement of the 2025 fiscal year with a provisional deficit of 1,098.13 million euros, according to data published by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC).Although this is the thirteenth settlement, the figure is not yet final. The settlements are calculated...

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Alfonso Camba (CNMC): "If you don't punish the defaulting company, you penalize the one that is not collecting"

Q: What are the main conclusions of the study? A: One of the main ideas is that SMEs are a key element for markets in Spain and that is why the CNMC has them as a priority. We try to identify what obstacles SMEs face and propose measures to overcome...

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The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, participates in the delivery of the awards of the XXV María Moliner Reading Promotion Campaign, on March 24, 2026, in Madrid (Spain). Eduardo Parra - Europa Press

Urtasun sees necessary to evaluate reactivating the gas cap if the price escalation is maintained

The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, has defended that the Executive study recovering the gas cap, the well-known “Iberian exception”, in case the increase in energy prices linked to the war in the Middle East continues. In an interview on “TVE”, has admitted that, in their judgment, more “social shield” measures...

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Aagesen asks companies to publish all information about the April 28 blackout

The third vice-president and minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen, defended that it would be “a good exercise in transparency” for the companies involved to make all the information they have available about the power outage of April 28, 2025. During his/her intervention in the Senate's investigation...

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Farmers, ranchers, and fishermen will have a 20-cent discount per liter of fuel

Farmers, ranchers, fishermen and transport professionals will enjoy a 20-cent bonus for each liter of fuel they use in their vehicles, whether they are trucks, buses, ambulances or vans. The objective is to alleviate the sharp price increase that these sectors are enduring due to the consequences of the war...

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The Government states that the CNMC monitors price increases in the 12,000 Spanish gas stations

The third vice-president and minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen, has reiterated that the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) keeps under control the recent price increases at the 12,000 service stations spread across Spain, in a scenario marked by the rising cost of crude...

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The CNMC's investigation into the blackout adds 15 new sanctioning proceedings against electricity companies

The CNMC defends that on the day of the blackout there were already sufficient mechanisms to control the system's voltage

The CNMC opens several sanctioning proceedings for indications of infringement after the great electrical blackout

Danger! Unsupervised networks: the CNMC is once again left without powers due to the rejection of Congress

PP challenges PSOE and overturns its law for network control after offering a pact to renew the CNMC

The PSOE seeks to expedite the law so that the CNMC supervises social media

The electricity system accumulates a provisional deficit of 1,098.13 million in 2025 awaiting the final settlement

Alfonso Camba (CNMC): "If you don't punish the defaulting company, you penalize the one that is not collecting"

Urtasun sees necessary to evaluate reactivating the gas cap if the price escalation is maintained

Aagesen asks companies to publish all information about the April 28 blackout

Farmers, ranchers, and fishermen will have a 20-cent discount per liter of fuel

The Government states that the CNMC monitors price increases in the 12,000 Spanish gas stations

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