Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system

Tabled by Paolo Borchia, András Gyürk, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Barbara Bonte, Nikola Bartůšek, Annamária Vicsek, Kinga Gál, András László, György Hölvényi, Anna Maria Cisint, Roberto Vannacci, Gerolf Annemans, Filip Turek, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Angéline Furet, Pascale Piera, Elisabeth Dieringer, Gerald Hauser, Harald Vilimsky, Georg Mayer, Viktória Ferenc, Petra Steger, Roman Haider, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Christophe Bay, Julien Leonardelli, André Rougé, Alexandre Varaut, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Susanna Ceccardi, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Séverine Werbrouck, Raffaele Stancanelli, Enikő Győri, Csaba Dömötör, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Ondřej Kovařík, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, António Tânger Corrêa, Aldo Patriciello, Tamás Deutsch, Tom Vandendriessche

9. Removed: Highlights that the electricity grid infrastructure is a priority for achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy and its climate and energy targets; notes the Clean Industrial Deal’s commitment to electrification with a key performance indicator of a 32 % economy-wide electrification rate by 2030, which would necessitate a significant and continuous update and deployment of grids; regrets that delays in responding to requests for connection to grids result in a slower pace of electrification, even in Member States where generation from renewables is rapidly increasing; Added: Takes note of the large-scale blackout that affected the Iberian Peninsula on 28 April 2025, leaving over 50 million people without electricity for several hours and causing severe disruption to transport, telecommunications and essential services; underlines that, at the time of the incident, renewable energy accounted for approximately 70 % of Spain’s electricity mix, and that only a few days earlier, on 16 April 2025, the Spanish grid had operated entirely on renewable energy; highlights that the blackout was caused by multiple factors, including the excessively high share of variable renewables, which contribute less to grid inertia than conventional power plants, making it more difficult to manage sudden frequency changes; consequently, strongly affirms the need to adopt a technology-neutral approach in the planning, development and strengthening of electricity networks in order to enable the safe integration of all technologies that support grid stability, especially in the context of growing energy demand; calls on the Member States to strengthen risk assessments related to systemic electricity shocks and to promote resilient, secure and technologically diversified grid models;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE773.948v01-00