Red Eléctrica cuts 832 MW of industrial load for the sixth time on September 4

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On Friday, September 4, 2026, at 21:02, Red Eléctrica de España (Red Eléctrica) activated the Demand Active Response Service (SRAD), asking some industrial users to suspend power consumption to balance supply and demand in the electricity system. This was the sixth activation in less than two months.

According to information published by Red Eléctrica on the ESIOS platform, this SRAD activation targeted 832 MW of industrial load, ran for approximately two hours, and called up a total of 1,631.6 MWh. Industrial users participating in this response will receive compensation of nearly €198/MWh, with availability fees agreed at auction to be paid separately.

Based on activation records, the service had been triggered five times before this event: twice on July 15, again one week later, and once each on August 11 and August 20.

Each activation has been triggered by supply-demand mismatches in the system, with gaps mostly stemming from forecast deviations in intermittent renewable energy output. Faced with these gaps, the operator chose to halt industrial load rather than restart a decommissioned combined-cycle unit, which is slower to start up and typically more costly.

Such a high activation frequency sets a record since the system was launched about five years ago and also points to operational challenges. However, there is currently no supply risk to the grid; this operation is just another balancing dispatch in the management of Spain's complex electricity system.