Spain and Portugal’s blackout originated in interconnection with France, La Vanguardia says

BARCELONA (Reuters) – A failure of the interconnection between the grids of Spain and France caused the massive power outage that hit most of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, La Vanguardia newspaper reported, quoting Spanish grid operator REE’s system operations chief Eduardo Prieto.

(Reporting by Joan Faus, editing by Inti Landauro)