Portugal Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has announced the Energy Crisis Declaration for FACylitate the management of health care and telecommunicationsdesignated “critical” services.
“The Council of Ministers It has decreed the energy crisis situation, which has made it possible to take priority affectation measures to essential services “Montenegro has pointed out in an official appearance. “We have indicated to the National Electricity (Ren) who are the priority recipients for the restoration of the electrical service, mainly hospitals,” he added.
The Portuguese leader stressed that the Council of Ministers is located Permanently gathered from 1:00 p.m. in “crisis management format and will continue indefinitely.”
Montenegro has insisted that “the general blackout It has originated outside our territory, most likely in Spain “Montenegro said, who stressed that he maintains permanent communication with the Spanish government, with the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, and with the leader of the main opposition party, the Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Nuno Santos.
He has particularly highlighted the position of the Spanish government, to whom he thanked “the exchange of information.” Montenegro has defended, on the other hand, the need to have a “more developed security mechanism to prevent these events from provoking this impact, together with our partners.” “Spain has had aid of other connections that it has with France and Moroccobut we are dependent, in a situation of constraint, connection only with Spain, “he said.
“It is true that the situation in Spain, mainly with Europe, connection limitations, affects the supply capacity of Portugal. We have been fighting in the EU for a long time to reinforce interconnections with Europe In order to have greater autonomy, both to receive and sell energy, “he said.
On the other hand, Montenegro explained that at the time of the blackout Portugal was importing energy from Spain For having a more competitive price, but has stressed that this circumstance has not been the cause of the blackout. “That connection in the specific case and at the time that this event passed it is true that we were importing energy for financial issues because it was at a competitive price. Even if it were not so, the blackout of Spain would have had the same effect in Portugal,” he argued.
“The question that has led us to this situation is not autonomy. We have the capacity to produce and distribute energy and we have connection with Spain “he has riveted.
About recovery, Montenegro has asked for “moderation” in electricity consumptionalthough he stressed that normalization will culminate during the day on Tuesday. “I think that from the point of view of essential goods: medications, fuel, … there will be no problems,” he said.
Meanwhile, the recovery of the service continues and It has recovered in some neighborhoods of Lisbon around 8:45 p.m. There is also electricity in the Porto Metropolitan Region from 8.20 p.m.
