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Spanish Grid Operator Faults Big Power Plants in Blackout Blame Game


Spain's grid operator has accused some large power plants of not doing their job to help regulate the country's electricity system in the moments before last month's catastrophic blackout across the Iberian peninsula. From a report: Beatriz Corredor, chair of grid operator Red Electrica's parent com...

Spain's grid operator has accused some large power plants of not doing their job to help regulate the country's electricity system in the moments before last month's catastrophic blackout across the Iberian peninsula. From a report: Beatriz Corredor, chair of grid operator Red Electrica's parent company, said power plants fell short in controlling the voltage of the electricity system. The public blame game over the outage is intensifying as more than three weeks after 60 million people were left without power, Spanish government investigators insisted they needed more time to establish the root cause.

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