This Wednesday afternoon was marked by a power outage that affected the regions of Requena and Utiel. Starting at 4:30 PM, a massive blackout impacted 14,000 customers, including private homes, businesses, and public services in both Valencian municipalities. The incident forced thousands of residents to interrupt their daily activities, with normalcy not returning until well into the night.

The origin of this major blackout was not a local grid failure, but an incident that occurred kilometers away, in the province of Albacete. According to sources from Iberdrola, the main cause was a truck accident. The vehicle, unrelated to the distribution company i-DE, accidentally made contact with a 132kV very high-voltage line. The magnitude of this impact on such critical infrastructure immediately knocked out the substations supplying power to the entire area, triggering the massive cut.

During the duration of the incident, technical teams from the electricity company worked intensively to assess the extent of the damage to the affected line and to find technical alternatives to restore supply. Meanwhile, the City Councils of Requena and Utiel maintained constant communication with the electricity company's officials to monitor the situation, using their social media channels to inform citizens and request patience for a fault whose resolution depended on complex maneuvers in the high-voltage network.

Finally, after an afternoon of uncertainty and emergency management, electricity supply was 100% restored in both localities around 9:20 PM. The return of power ended an episode of disconnection that tested the responsiveness of emergency services and the patience of the 14,000 affected, who, after nearly five hours of darkness, were able to resume normalcy in their homes and businesses.