The CNMC investigates the large electricity companies

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The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) is investigating possible irregularities in large electricity companies and therefore inspectors from the regulatory body have visited the headquarters of the main large companies in the sector in Madrid and some delegations in the last week. The news, which was announced this morning by Confidential , has only been officially confirmed by Endesa. The electricity company directed by José Bogas has acknowledged the investigation and that "it is collaborating with the requirements of the Competition Agency," but has declined to confirm that the reason for the inspection is related to the practices of large companies to prevent a fluid connection of the facilities for self-consumption as indicated by the aforementioned media. The CNMC does not report the opening of the file The CNMC has not commented on the matter either.


It is common for workers from this regulator to visit companies to verify the multiple complaints that come to the Competition each year, but the agency does not make these preliminary inspections public. The usual practice is Russia Mobile Number List

to report the opening of inspection files, in which reference is made to the sector but not to the companies directly affected, whose identity is only known once the sanctioning file is opened and both the sanctioned party and the company are identified. . amount claimed for malpractice. In this case, the investigation would still be in a very preliminary phase or linked to a file already opened for another reason, in any case the body chaired by Cani Fernández does not comment on the news. at the CNMC 66% more power files The latest price crisis in the electricity sector has positioned the sector as a leader in consumer complaints according to the Facua association and the CNMC has not been immune to this trend.



According to the statistics offered by Cani Fernández in the Congress of Deputies, last year the organization processed 76 files in the field of energy, which is 66% more than in 2021. Complaints from the photovoltaic sector Regarding the aforementioned self-consumption market, two weeks ago the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF) organized the III Summit on Self-consumption and Energy Communities in Madrid, in which veiled but also very direct criticism was openly heard that the large energy companies could be hindering access to the network of small commercial companies due to administrative complication or unjustified delay. Even the Minister for the Energy Transition, Teresa Ribera, picked up on this feeling of discomfort among small businesses. “I share the indignation,” she said at the opening of the event and asked the large distributors to facilitate the connection of new plants even “when the promoters are external companies.