Iberdrola denies grid operator's claim its solar plant caused blackout

Iberdrola's CEO in Spain,?on Thursday, rejected the 'claim' by the head of Spain's power grid operator that mismanagement at a'solar plant' owned by Iberdrola could have led to the massive blackout of April 28, last year.

Mario Ruiz Tagle's testimony in front of an investigating committee before the Spanish Senate was the first public acknowledgment by Iberdrola, that it owned the infrastructure that the grid operator had singled out, the Nunez de Balboa Solar Plant in the southwest province of Badajoz.

He denied that there had been poor management at the plant on that particular day.

Redeia, the owner of grid operator REE, declined to comment. Beatriz Corredor, the chair of Redeia and owner of grid operator REE, declined to comment.

She did not disclose the name of the plant, its owner, or its exact location.

(source: Reuters)