April 28, 2025 – Madrid
“Common sense dictates that this process will take time, because we will have to thoroughly examine, one by one, 756 million data points generated by the 4,200 energy plants in the system between 12:15 and 12:35 on April 28,” warned Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
“To do their job properly, technicians will need as much time as required, and our duty is to give it to them,” he added, calling for respect for “the complexity of the matter” in contrast to “certain debates that are being stirred with self-interest, as some are already doing.”
This was the first veiled reference to nuclear energy, a topic Sánchez would later directly address to curb the ambitions of electric companies to keep nuclear plants running—provided taxes and levies are lowered, which these companies claim make the activity unprofitable.
The president’s statement comes at a pivotal moment, as Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy, the companies that jointly own the Almaraz nuclear plant, are scheduled to meet to decide whether to request an extension of operations.