Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system

Tabled by András Gyürk, Paolo Borchia, 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

Q. whereas the electricity system blackout experienced in the Iberian Peninsula Removed: and parts of France on 28 April 2025 illustrated how important it is to increase the … balanced at all times, including through flexible system services and enhanced cross-border Removed: interconnections, Added: interconnections and investment in standby generation sources with short start-up times, to allow for an agile recovery in the event of system failure; Added: whereas, more than one month after the blackout, the Spanish Government has yet to provide an explanation of the causes of the system failure; whereas there is an urgent need for the Spanish authorities to immediately give the public a proper, complete and transparent explanation; whereas, despite the lack of transparency, some lessons can already be learned from this experience, according to several published analyses, including concerning the risk of excessive reliance on variable renewable energy sources for powering electricity grids;

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