Spain and Portugal are still looking for answers after the massive power failure which plunged millions of people into the dark on April 28. The two countries of the Iberian Peninsula carry out a joint investigation to determine the causes. May 4, in the columns of the Madrid newspaper The country, The Minister of Spanish Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, warned that “Many days” would be necessary to shed light on this blackout, and indicated that all hypotheses remain envisaged, including that of a “Cyberattaque”.
This same May 4, the daily El Periódico de Catalunya, finding l’“Extreme dependence on electricity” Spaniards and their “Lack of preparation” to such an event, learned the first lessons from this “Historical date” April 28.
Economically, Spanish companies “Must have emergency plans”, estimates the daily. During the big cut, some supermarkets were able to leave their doors open because they were “Equipped with a emergency power system”. But many businesses, suddenly plunged into darkness, had to lower the RID