The collective self-consumption supplies have multiplied by 2.4 compared to the accumulated total until 2023.
So far this year, e-distribución, Endesa's network subsidiary, has connected over 50,000 supplies to the grid.
The installations have a total capacity of 3.8 GW.
Endesa leads the activation of self-consumption connected to the distribution grid in Spain and has already surpassed 300,000 adapted supplies. So far this year, supplies with activated self-consumption by e-distribución, Endesa's network subsidiary, have increased by more than 50,000, marking a 21% increase compared to the close of 2023. The installed capacity linked to existing installations has now reached 3.8 GW.
The biggest growth corresponds to collective self-consumption, which has multiplied by 2.4 compared to the accumulated total at the close of 2023. In less than seven months, the number of supplies associated with collective installations has increased from 4,877 to 11,839. The improvements introduced in its processing and the reinforcement of information to the different agents involved in the process are yielding results to speed up the activation of these installations, accelerating their market penetration. Nevertheless, individual self-consumptions remain the most numerous. They already total 288,228, 18% more than at the end of last year.
The advances are also being recorded across all geographical areas where e-distribución manages the electrical distribution network: Andalusia, Extremadura, Catalonia, Aragon, Balearic Islands, and Canary Islands.
Andalusia accounts for 46% of all active self-consumptions in Endesa's distribution network, 136,955, with a 23% growth compared to the close of last year.
Catalonia leads the deployment of collective self-consumptions with 6,950 active supplies, 59% of the total registered across the entire company's network, most of them (5,789) located in the province of Barcelona. Between collective and individual, they surpass 110,000 self-consumptions.
Aragon registers a 21% increase in the total number of self-consumptions and a 141% increase in the collective ones, with installations totaling over 583 MW of installed capacity.
The Balearic Islands are approaching 19,500 active supplies, with increases of 23% in the total figure and 146% in the collective ones so far this year.
On the other hand, the Canary Islands are the area with the greatest percentage advances. It has registered increases of 25% and 178%, respectively.
Improvements in processing
Endesa has actively participated in the Self-Consumption Dialogue Table convened by the CNMC, which has allowed for the recognition of the efforts made by all agents to advance self-consumption in the past two years, despite the inherent difficulties of a highly complex processing process, and to identify areas for improvement to be implemented by regulators and agents to facilitate the expansion of self-consumption in Spain.
In this sense, e-distribución has made progress in operational and communication aspects to facilitate customers' processing and access to information related to self-consumption.
From the e-distribución website, information about the different self-consumption modalities, the procedures for activating them, and frequently asked questions is available, serving as a guide to the consumer. The customer can track the status of their self-consumption request in real time, and notifications are sent to remind them of what they need to do and the next steps in the process.
Additionally, improvements have been made to the web forms to make it easier for the citizen to know which documentation to attach, and a phone number (900 920 974) has been set up to exclusively handle self-consumption queries.
Another measure implemented on the e-distribución website is the introduction of a TXT file validator that facilitates the completion of documents for processing collective self-consumptions. It shows the formatting errors detected in the file so that the client can correct them and submit a correct document, avoiding errors in contracting and starting the process over. This measure has proven very useful in speeding up the processing of collective self-consumptions.
About Endesa
Endesa is a leading electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. Additionally, it is the second-largest gas operator in the Spanish market. It develops an integrated business of generation, distribution, and commercialization of electricity. It also offers electric mobility services, where it is one of the main operators of charging points in Spain, and other value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy uses in homes, businesses, industries, and public administrations. Endesa is firmly committed to the UN SDGs and, as such, strongly promotes the development of renewable energy through Enel Green Power Spain, the digitalization of networks through e-distribución, and corporate social responsibility. In this last area, we also act through the Endesa Foundation. Our workforce amounts to approximately 9,000 employees. Endesa is part of Enel, the largest electric group in Europe.