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Report on Spain’s Nationwide Blackout Won’t Assign Blame, Antitrust Chief Says

MADRID, March 17 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠upcoming report ⁠by Spain’s antitrust ​and energy watchdog CNMC ‌on the massive blackout ‌that ⁠hit ⁠the Iberian Peninsula last year will not ​assign blame for the outage, the watchdog’s ​chief said on Tuesday.

Spain and ⁠Portugal’s ⁠widespread blackout on ⁠April ​28 left large swathes of ​the two ⁠countries in the dark for up to 10 hours.

CNMC ⁠head Cani Fernandez told senators at a ⁠hearing that the report would include recommendations and conclusions, adding that the regulatory and technical mechanisms at the CNMC’s disposal were ⁠sufficient to manage the system adequately.

(Reporting by Pietro Lombardi; Writing by ​David Latona; Editing by ​Aislinn Laing)

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