02 APR 2024

In Valencia, over 580 employees from i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, focus on the key role of grids in the energy transition

  • Iberdrola España's distribution company, i-DE, held these conferences together with the heads of the Network Business in Alicante, Castellón and Valencia.

  • The company has improved the quality of service offered to its customers in Valencia, with the best year-end value in history. In the region, i-DE manages over 72,000 km of power lines, has 25,500 transformer stations in service and 178 substations.

i-DE, Iberdrola España 's distribution company, held the 19th edition of its Networks Business meetings, bringing together 585 employees in Valencia. This new edition served to highlight and take stock of the activity carried out during 2023, in which the company improved the quality of service offered to its customers, with the best year-end value in history.

During the sessions held in Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, the company shared its current context analysis, and 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 the activity. 

During the conferences, the area managers of each province urged to reinforce people's safety to minimise the electrical risk and guarantee protection, as well as care for the environment.

The 19th edition of the Networks Business meeting focused on the electrification of the economy, which is necessary to achieve decarbonisation – a key process for climate change. Electricity grids are a key 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 new needs of all agents.

The best quality of supply

The company has improved the quality of service it offers its customers in the Valencia region, with the best year-end value in history. In the region, i-DE manages more than 72,000 km of power lines, has 25,500 transformer stations in service and 178 substations. 

In recent years, the company has undertaken an ambitious plan to digitalise its electricity grids, converting its over 3.5 million meters in the region and the infrastructure that supports them into smart meters, incorporating remote management, supervision and automation capabilities. 

Digitisation of electricity distribution grids will provide more information to implement additional energy efficiency and sustainability measures, always committed to ambitious and urgent climate action. The deployment of smart grids makes it possible to respond to new models of grid use and offer a better service to citizens.

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