This new Royal Decree-Law will also allow the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands to request the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) to recognize the costs derived from the provision of rolling stock in those isolated electrical systems that, due to their characteristics, present a deficit of backup power. In the case of La Palma, this measure will allow to finance the backup unit located in Los Guinchos, an essential infrastructure to guarantee the stability of the electrical system and minimize the risk of new blackouts such as that registered on June 10, 2025, which left more than 50,000 people without supply for several hours and forced to activate the Territorial Emergency Plan of Civil Protection of the Canary Islands (PLATECA).
"This measure is able to respond to a real need of the island and guarantee the necessary mechanisms so that the electrical system has sufficient support while we continue working in geothermal," said Izquierdo, "a technology called to become the constant renewable source that La Palma needs to have a safer, cleaner and self-sufficient energy system," he added.