At the precise instance in which we turn on the light, a power station must generate the energy required to meet that need.

This interconnection will reinforce the security of both electricity systems and will favour the integration of a greater volume of renewable energy, especially wind power energy coming from the Iberian system.

Due to the presence of the exhibition "A highway behind the socket" in the Science Museum of Valladolid, Red Eléctrica launched an educational program.

In 2002 the enlargement works of Madrid's Barajas airport began, the new T-4 terminal and two new runways. Said infrastructures were affected by the fact that a part of the 400 kV line (double circuit San Sebastián de los Reyes-Loeches-Morata).

Red Eléctrica, since its founding, has sought to continuously improve the availability of the electricity transmission facilities.

The electricity interconnection between the Spanish peninsula and the Balearic Islands is a project which is key to ensuring and improving the reliability of the electricity supply of the Balearic system given its unique nature.

With the aim of ensuring the survival of the best preserved population of Bonelli's eagle in the Region of Murcia, and species also threatened, in May 2001 a natural area is declared as Special Protection Area for Birds (ZEPA) Sierra de Almenara, Moreras and Cabo Cope.

The Department for Environment, together with ERZ-Endesa and Red Eléctrica de España, have launched the Project LIFE-Naturaleza for the improvement of power lines in ZEPAs in Aragón.

Red Eléctrica de España collaborates with the Regional Environmental Office of Valladolid in a study that analyses the role played by electrical lines in protecting the peregrine falcon.

Red Eléctrica de España has collaborated with Doñana Biological Station (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) in a research study on the relations between the lesser krestel and electrical substations.