The decision by Spain’s Congress of Deputies has sparked a wave of criticism from all corners. Key measures for storage, self-consumption, and demand electrification are lost, while investments worth billions of euros are now stalled.

Current administrative milestones remain in place, creating a bottleneck in the integration of renewables into the grid. Without a demand boost, the risk of imbalances and zero and negative price hours in the system will increase. An opportunity to promote collective self-consumption and system flexibility is being missed. Investments in storage, self-consumption and electrical grids remain in limbo. APPA Renovables warns of the collapse that will result from the inadequacy of the milestones, as well as the impact of not boosting storage and demand.

Royal Decree 7/2025 was essential to boost storage deployment and strengthen shared self-consumption. The rejection of the reform has no technical or ideological basis, but rather responds more to political tactics and the constant need to win the narrative.

Tomorrow, Congress will vote on the anti-blackout decree aimed at strengthening Spain’s electricity system. The regulation enjoys broad support from the renewable energy sector, but its approval hinges on a delicate political balance.

In the joint letter, they urge MPs to support RDL 7/2025, highlighting its technical reforms to stabilise the grid, attract investment, and strengthen the legal certainty of projects in Spain.

Renewables supplied 12,461 GWh in June, spearheaded by solar PV at 26% of the generation mix. APPA’s report also highlights a 10.5% increase in electricity demand and growing market price volatility.