In a world dominated by uncertainty and with a totally unpredictable President of the United States, public debt, which countries issue to finance themselves, has skyrocketed to yields like those of 20 years ago, in a crisis phase.

They knew thoroughly how the electricity market in Spain works and took advantage of its own "security mechanisms" to defraud it. The fraud exceeds 61 million euros, according to Red Eléctrica's calculations, and there are 93 affected companies that are now trying to obtain compensation to recover the money they lost with this deception. The National Court will try this network between October and November, which operated from Barcelona and Madrid and was supervised from the Sarrià office where the businessman Esteban Roig worked, whom the Prosecutor's Office identifies as the director of the entire structure and requests that he be sentenced to sixteen years in prison. Sixteen more people are also accused, who could face sentences of between nine and six years depending on their degree of involvement.

The return of hostilities in the Middle East has put an end to the calm in the region. And also that of the markets, especially energy. Since the war in Iran began, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has jeopardized European supplies, and this has sent fuel prices soaring. And now the value of oil and natural gas is rising again after a few calmer weeks.

The co-founder and executive president of Holaluz, Carlota Pi, receives ARA a few hours after the company has presented the allegations against the file from the Ministry of Ecological Transition that opens the door to the disqualification of the company as a marketer. First thing the next day, at the company's offices, Pi defends that Holaluz's business model is "one hundred percent viable" and that, what it needs, is "scale". She cannot confirm or deny that an alleged non-payment to large electricity companies is the reason for the possible disqualification. She defends, however, that the company's debt "is not excessive, not by a long shot".

The Council of Ministers has approved this Tuesday a decree authorizing electricity companies to make an additional investment of 17.9 billion euros until 2030 to strengthen electricity transport and distribution networks, with the aim of electrifying the economy and facilitating the connection of new industrial, residential, and electric mobility projects.

This Saturday, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge began a procedure to disqualify the Catalan Holaluz as an electricity marketer. The reasons behind the start of the process were unknown. Now, as advanced by the FiveDays and ARA has been able to confirm, the reason that would have motivated the ministry to undertake the process has been a non-payment of six million euros to different distributors. Specifically, Holaluz's debt is four million euros to the subsidiaries of Endesa's networks and it also has one million euros pending payment to Iberdrola and Naturgy.

After obtaining record profits of 2,023 million euros last year, Naturgy's profits continue to rise in 2026. During this first semester, the energy company's earnings have increased by 5.9% compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 1,215 million, as reported this Wednesday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).

The Spanish stock market for SMEs BME Growth suspended this Monday the trading of shares of the Catalan energy company Holaluz, after the Spanish government reported on Saturday that it has initiated the administrative procedure to extinguish Holaluz's license as an electricity marketer.has initiated the administrative procedure to extinguish the license of Holaluz as an electricity marketer.

The general blackout of April 2025, like all traumatic events for the population, changed many things. Spanish strategic infrastructures, from communication towers to power plants, and essential services such as hospitals, have strived to find alternatives to stay afloat when there is no electricity. Most of these hotspots have traditional diesel generators, which cover their short-term needs, but also place logistical limits on activity. Eliminating these obstacles is the raison d'être of Atom H2, one of the most acclaimed startups in the Catalan ecosystem, which closes the electrical wound with renewable generation and a patented hydrogen technology. "We want to be the new standard for generators," says Anna Martín, one of the project's co-founders, in conversation with ARA.

In the heart of the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park, the Cadí tunnel, an infrastructure owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya, is much more than an infrastructure: it is an essential connection axis between regions and a key piece of mobility in the Pyrenees. With more than five kilometers in length, it is a strategic corridor that concentrates vehicle flows throughout the year.

With the continuity of Pedro Sánchez's government in the spotlight, the general secretary of CCOO, Unai Sordo, has come out in defense of the president of the Spanish executive: "I believe he will not step down from the presidency, nor do I think he should, he must exhaust all that remains of his term", he stated during his speech at the summer course of the Menéndez Pelayo International University and the Association of Journalists of Economic Information, held this week in Santander.

The housing crisis is dominating economic, political and social discussion at all levels. The CEO of Iberdrola Spain, Mario Ruiz-Tagle, has drawn on this concern to warn that the electricity sector is experiencing a "similar phenomenon" and to demand action.

Veolia, the French multinational that controls 70% of Aigües de Barcelona, plans to invest around 1 billion euros in Spain until 2030, an average of 200 million per year, according to the company's head in the State, Daniel Tugues.

The Strait of Hormuz continues to be the focus of global economic activity. Enagás CEO Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri has stated that, if the peace agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz are confirmed, gas futures markets will not recover "full price normality" until "the end of next year or the beginning of 2028".

The Efficient Energy Cluster of Catalonia (CEEC) celebrated last night the 13th edition of the Night of Efficiency, the major annual meeting of the Catalan energy sector. The event, held at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, brought together more than 750 professionals, companies, start-ups, research centers, and institutional representatives in an evening dedicated to energy efficiency, innovation, talent, and the energy transition, and served to vindicate the key role of the energy sector in business competitiveness, the decarbonization of the economy, technological innovation, the transformation of the productive fabric, and access to a more efficient, sustainable energy model closer to citizens.

The electricity company Iberdrola commemorated this Friday afternoon in Bilbao the 125 years of its birth. The multinational improved at the end of April its business forecasts for this year to improve at the end of April its business forecasts for this year, after obtaining a net profit of 1,711 million euros in the first quarter. Although it is 14.6% less than in the same period of the previous year, it points to new business opportunities in electricity grids and artificial intelligence, while it does not contemplate "significant" financial impacts due to the conflict in the Middle East. The company chaired by Ignacio Sánchez Galán closed 2025 with a record profit of 6,285 million euros, 12% more than the previous year.

Workshops, recreational activities, in-person exhibitions, and digital resources on self-consumption with solar panels, energetic rehabilitation of buildings, energy certification, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, and many other related topics flood the months of June and July during the European Sustainable Energy Week in different municipalities of Catalonia. The campaign, an initiative of the European Commission with the objective of promoting energy efficiency and renewable energies in the European Union, opens a period of reflection to rethink our relationship with energy. Conferences, workshops, visits to facilities, competitions, and all kinds of activities are organized throughout Europe and are open to the general public, and are also aimed at energy sector professionals, authorities, companies, and NGOs, among others.

Spain is "better positioned" than others in the energy crisis due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, due to the war in Iran, but it will not be able to escape its effects. This was stated by the presidents of Repsol, Antoni Brufau, and Naturgy, Francisco Reynés, during a round table within the framework of the Annual Meeting of the Cercle d'Economia, held in Barcelona.

Green light from Brussels to the Spanish anti-blackout mechanism, which includes millionaire aid to electricity companies to guarantee the stability of the electricity supply. The European Commission has authorized the Spanish state to compensate with up to 9 billion euros over 10 years (900 million each year) the most stable technologies – such as gas thermal power plants – so that they provide "firmness" to the electricity system and are available when it is necessary to inject more electricity into the system or control demand.

The largest energy cooperative in Europe is based in Girona. What began in 2010 as a project linked to the UdG seeking to break the oligopoly of the big electricity companies has managed to become a recognized player in the Catalan energy landscape and also in the State as a whole, with 87,000 members.