Over 500 employees of i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, in Castilla y León focus on the key role of grids in the energy transition

• The director of i-DE in Castilla y León, Óscar Villanueva, chaired this conference together with the heads of the Network Business in Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. 

• The company has improved the quality of service it offers its customers in Castilla y León, with the best year-end value in its history. In Castilla y León, i-DE manages more than 50,000 km of power lines, has 15,697 transformer stations in service and 246 substations. 

i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, held the 19th edition of its Networks business meeting, which brought together around 500 employees in Castilla y León, with a resounding success in terms of participation.

This new edition served to highlight and take stock of the activity carried out during 2023, in which the company has improved the quality of service offered to its customers in Castilla y León – with the best year-end value in history.

In each province of the community, the management shared the analysis of the current context, the opportunities and challenges arising from the energy transition: self-consumption, energy communities, batteries or data processing centres, "as well as the importance of cybersecurity and innovation as the backbone of our activity, such as the implementation of a new mobility solution for all our field operations," said Óscar Villanueva, Director of i-DE in Castilla y León.

Villanueva chaired this conference together with the heads of the grid business in the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora, urging to reinforce people's safety in order to minimise electrical risk and guarantee protection, as well as care for the environment.

The 19th edition of the Networks business meeting focuses on the electrification of the economy, which is necessary to achieve decarbonisation – a key process for climate change. "Electricity grids are a fundamental element in the energy transition, integrating new connection points for both renewables and recharging, being able to manage bi-directional electricity flows and adapting to the new needs of all agents", stressed the director of i-DE in Castilla y León.

Supplying the best quality

The company has improved the quality of service it offers its customers in Castile and León – with the best year-end value in history. In Castilla y León, i-DE manages over 50,000 km of power lines, has 15,697 transformer stations in service and 246 substations. 

In recent years, the company has undertaken an ambitious plan to digitise its electricity grids, converting its more than 1.5 million meters in the region and the infrastructure that supports them into smart meters, incorporating remote management, supervision and automation capabilities. 

The digitisation of the electricity distribution grid will allow for more information to implement additional energy efficiency and sustainability measures, in a way that is committed to ambitious and urgent climate action. The deployment of the smart grid makes it possible to respond to new models of grid use and offer a better service to citizens

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