Industry declares the electrical line reforms in Villagonzalo to be of public utility

The Industrial, Energy, and Mining Planning Service has specifically declared the facilities for the reforms of the medium-voltage incoming and outgoing lines to Villagonzalo (Badajoz), promoted by Hijos de Jacinto Guillén Distribuidora Eléctrica, SL, to be of public utility. This declaration implies the need for the occupation of assets and rights and urgent occupation for the purposes of Article 52 of the Forced Expropriation Law of December 16, 1954. The resolutions are published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura number 218, dated November 12, 2026, under references 2026062857 and 2026062863, along with the prior administrative authorizations 2026062856 and 2026062862.

Four resolutions and two files

The action is processed in two independent procedures, both resolved by the same body and with the same promoter:

• File 06/AT-01618/18527, reform of incoming medium-voltage lines: prior administrative authorization 2026062856 and declaration of public utility 2026062857, both dated November 3, 2026.
• File 06/AT-01618/18529, reform of outgoing medium-voltage lines: prior administrative authorization 2026062862 and declaration of public utility 2026062863, both dated November 4, 2026.

The applications were submitted on December 22 and 29, 2025, by Hijos de Jacinto Guillén Distribuidora Eléctrica, SL, located in the La Alberca industrial estate, plot 18-20-22, in Guareña. The applied framework is Law 24/2013, of December 26, on the Electricity Sector, Title VII of Royal Decree 1955/2000, of December 1, and Decree 221/2012, of November 9.

What is being built and where

The objective is to improve the quality of the electricity supply in the municipality through new overhead and underground sections and the dismantling of the existing network. The main actions are:

• Installation of a double-circuit pole (pole no. 1) at the branch to CT301 “Monjas”, which will separate the general line to Villagonzalo from the circuit connecting the town’s transformation centers.
• Stringing of a double circuit between poles no. 1 and no. 6, and a single circuit from no. 6 to no. 8 and from no. 6 to the existing pole TH68.
• Single-circuit underground sections from the future sectioning center to pole no. 8 and to the existing pole TH70 (incoming file).
• In the outgoing file: double-circuit underground between the future sectioning center and pole no. 1, double-circuit overhead between poles no. 1 and no. 3, and single-circuit overhead from no. 3 to no. 5.
• Connection of the current irrigation supply line from pole TH4 to pole no. 3, using existing HEPRZ 18/30 kV 3(1x150) mm² Al conductor.
• Dismantling of sections TH68-TH61 and TH70-substation, as well as the overhead line between the current transformation center and span TH3-TH4 and the underground line coming from CT Casa de Cultura (CT 303).

The sites are located on the EX-105 road and surroundings, and on the Don Benito road and surroundings, postal code 06473, municipality of Villagonzalo. The action is complemented by the 22 kV sectioning center to improve supply quality, subject to public information in the DOE on September 22, 2026 (file 06/AT-1618/18611).

No objections and with a favorable environmental report

The processing included public information in the Official Gazette of Extremadura (February 24 and 25, 2026), the Official State Gazette (March 17, 2026), the official provincial gazette (February 25), the press (March 4), and the municipal notice board (February 19). No objections were presented during the process, and the company accepted the conditions of the affected administrations and public service companies. The environmental body issued a favorable simplified environmental impact report on October 29 and 30, 2026, for each file.

The resolutions, signed by the head of the service, Juan Francisco Lemus Prieto, do not end the administrative route: an administrative appeal may be filed before the General Directorate of Industry, Energy and Mines of the Ministry of Industry, Energy, Science and Territory within one month.

The declaration converts the occupation of private estates in the vicinity of the EX-105 and the Don Benito road into an enabling title, such that the affected owners may see expropriation proceedings initiated on an urgent basis, while the municipality gains reliability in a supply that until now depended on a partially obsolete overhead network.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, no. 218, November 12, 2026 (official reference: 2026062857 and 2026062863).