Overview

• Prime Minister Sánchez has reportedly offered Junts and ERC exclusive extension rights for Catalonia’s nuclear plants under a ‘singularidad nuclear catalana’ pact.
• The Ministry for the Ecological Transition rejected initial extension proposals for failing to satisfy its red lines on safety, supply security and consumer costs.
• Utilities Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy have placed Almaraz in ‘closure mode’ and plan to submit decommissioning documentation to the Nuclear Safety Council.
• Extremadura leaders and the ‘Sí Almaraz, Sí al Futuro’ platform condemned the Catalan deal as an industrial punishment that would turn their region into a “lab rat.”
• The Generalitat Valenciana denounced a trato singular that it warned could force Cofrentes to shut in 2030, prompting the regional government to initiate the removal of its nuclear ecotax.