Spanish lawmakers rejected a law aimed at preventing future massive power outages, resulting in a significant defeat for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The vote ended with 183 against and 165 in favor of the proposal. The law intended to enhance monitoring and technical checks of Spain's electrical grid and aimed to allow more flexible deadlines for renewable energy installations. However, the conservative People's Party opposed it due to their strained relationship with the government. The April blackout was attributed to system overload and errors by the energy network operator.
The proposed law aimed to toughen monitoring of Spain's electrical system, improve technical checks and take other measures to avoid a repeat of chaos on April 28 when most of the Iberian peninsula lost power for several hours.
"We do not approve of this government's energy policy, we do not approve of this so-called anti-blackout plan, which is nothing more than an attempt (by the government) to cover up its mistakes and erase its faults," PP deputy Guillermo Mariscal said before the vote.
The government lost a vote on the proposed law by 183 to 165. The far right and far left joined with mainstream opposition parties to counter Sanchez.
According to a government report released in June, the April blackout was caused by an overload that caused a chain reaction in the energy system.
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