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“Such a serious crisis has never happened before,” said Eduardo Prieto on Monday, a representative of Red Electrica. The “hours” will take a return to the normal operation of the system – he added.
Restoring deliveries in the south and north of the country began shortly after the failure. The electricity in several Madrid districts, however, did not return only around 20.30. The matches of the tennis tournament with Iga Świątek played on Monday in the Spanish capital were previously canceled and postponed to Tuesday.
The mayor of Madrid Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, called the residents of the capital in the evening to quickly return home, because there is no guarantee that the city streets will be lit at night.
Electricity also returned partly in other regions of Spain, including in Catalonia, Valencia and Andalusia. Around 20 Metro running in the center of Bilbao in the Basque Country was restored; Railway connections and trams also operate. In Catalonia, the suburban railway is to return to normal action on Tuesday; 60 percent The inhabitants of the region still remain without electricity, and over 7,000 were arranged on the streets. policemen.
To Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, who also experienced failures, electricity returned around 22 local time (21 in Poland), after nine hours of break. The Portuguese operator of the REN power network announced in the evening that it was possible to restore power supply for 1 million recipients, from a total number of 6.5 million.
Huge problems
As Prieto stated, the reason for the collapse of electricity supplies on the Iberian Peninsula was the disconnection of the European system of inter -system connections by France. However, he did not want to speculate what led to this.
Spanish universities and schools suspended classes on Monday; Many facilities, including Autonomous universities in Madrid and Barcelona, they also canceled them on Tuesday. The authorities of Aragon in the north-eastern part of the country announced, however, that schools in this autonomous community will be open on Tuesday, but there will be no teaching classes.
In turn, in Madrid, knowledge tests for 280,000 were to be held on Tuesday. primary school students, but they will be postponed to a later date.
The Congress of Deputies, the lower Chamber of Spanish parliament, suspended its activities on Monday and Tuesday.
The Spanish Aena airport operator reported that he had extended working hours at some airports due to Monday's failure.
“Currently, he is waiting for the rescue of 11 trains (from 26, which was talked about earlier – PAP). We were able to restore the power supply at the atoch command center” – he said in the evening before 22 Minister of Transport Oscar Puente.
According to the French network operator – RTE, France sent Spain to 2,000 on Monday. MW of electricity through inter -system connections by Catalonia and the Basque Country.
The Monday power supply paralyzed street traffic, grounded planes and stopped the railway, trapped many people in the elevators and subway wagons, and prevented telephone contact and internet access. Many Portuguese and Spaniards were forced to leave their jobs. The police were directed in the streets.
According to the Spanish Ministry of Interior, 15,000 were deployed throughout the country on Monday. Policemen and the same number of gendarmes who helped citizens and managed road traffic. Reserve units remain ready – added the ministry.
