Public information on the reform of the Cortes de Aragón-Maicas-Plou power line

The Official Gazette of the Province of Teruel publishes on October 15, 2026, announcement no. 2026-2901, by which the request for prior administrative and construction authorization for the renovation of the 15 kV medium-voltage overhead line connecting Cortes de Aragón with the transformation centers of Maicas and Plou is submitted for public information. The resolving body is the Provincial Service of Teruel of the Department of Economy, Competitiveness and Employment of the Government of Aragon, at the request of the distributor Edistribución Redes Digitales SLU. Interested parties have thirty days from the day following publication to submit allegations.

A procedure regulated by Royal Decree 1955/2000

The opening of file TE-SP-ENE-AT-2022-078 is governed by Article 125 of Royal Decree 1955/2000, of December 1, which regulates the activities of transport, distribution, marketing, and supply of electrical energy and the authorization procedures for its installations. The Provincial Service of Teruel acts as the substantive and processing body competent to resolve both the prior administrative authorization and the construction authorization.

The action is defined as a natural network extension financed by the distributor, with a budget of 243,445.68 euros, and its declared purpose is the improvement of the quality of supply and environmental quality in the area. The project affects the municipal boundaries of Cortes de Aragón, Plou, and Maicas, in the province of Teruel.

Technical characteristics of the renovation

• Voltage: 15 kV.
• Conductors: LA-56 (47-AL1/8-ST1A) and LA-110 (94-AL1/22-ST1A), between supports no. 21 to 23, 27 to 28, 38 to 39, and 43 to 44.
• Origin: support no. 1 of the MVOHL “Cor _Aragon”. End: outdoor transformation center Maicas (Z04073).
• Length: 5,791.75 meters.
• New 24 kV III SF6 switch-disconnector with manual control at support no. 19.
• Supports: 48 in total, of which 42 are new metallic lattice type.
• Dismantling: 91 of the 96 current supports and the existing conductor; 97 wooden supports, 14 concrete, and 2 metallic are removed, in addition to 5,953.04 meters of overhead circuit.
• Supports no. 1, 3, 12, 14, and 30 are maintained, replacing their chains with polymeric dead-end clamps.

Allegations and project consultation

The announcement details the affected plots in each municipality, including numerous estates in polygon 1 of Cortes de Aragón, polygons 1 and 7 of Plou, and polygons 1 and 2 of Maicas, as well as two urban cadastral references in the latter municipality. The project can be examined at the Provincial Service of Teruel of the Department of Economy, Competitiveness and Employment, at San Francisco, 1 street, Teruel (44001).

Allegations must be addressed to the same body, indicating as a reference “Public Information. High Voltage Reform of MV Overhead Line 15 kV ‘CDT Cortes de Aragón to CT Maicas and diversion to CT Plou’, File No. TE-SP-ENE-AT-2022-078”, and submitted in accordance with article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of October 1. The publication also serves as a notification to interested parties, as provided for in article 45 of the same regulation. The announcement is signed by the director of the Provincial Service of Teruel, Lucía Villalba Valenzuela, dated September 25, 2026.

Impact on the affected municipalities

The reform replaces practically all existing infrastructure with metal supports and renews the layout along nearly six kilometers of aerial route, which implies the temporary and definitive occupation of a high number of rural plots distributed among the three municipal districts. The opening of the allegations period is the only formal way for owners and neighbors to raise objections regarding the layout, the locations, or the impacts before the Government of Aragon resolves the authorization.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Teruel, no. 198, October 15, 2026, section I, page 11 (official reference: announcement no. 2026-2901, file TE-SP-ENE-AT-2022-078).