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Barcelona Mayor Demands Endesa Increase Grid Investment as Fraud Crackdown Continues

Collboni has asked Endesa to submit a detailed plan to fortify the city’s aging grid in response to a surge of summer outages.

Overview

  • Collboni is set to meet Endesa executives later this week and has invited them to present a concrete investment proposal
  • Endesa confirmed receipt of the mayor’s letter and emphasized that it held a technical meeting this month and will keep investing in the network
  • Fraud enforcement in Badalona’s Sant Roc neighborhood continues under Mossos d’Esquadra escort as technicians disconnect illegal taps to relieve overloaded lines
  • Intermittent low- and medium-voltage outages since June have disrupted households and businesses across multiple Barcelona districts, including a June 30–July 1 blackout that left nearly 6,000 subscribers without power
  • Mayors of Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet also demanded explanations from Endesa after power disturbances affected up to 1,200 customers in Badalona