Public information for the renewal of the 66kV Logroño-Haro line in Elciego

The Basque Government has opened the public information process for the renovation project of the 66kV SC Logroño-Haro I overhead line between supports 179 and 187, in the municipality of Elciego (Álava). The announcement, signed on September 7, 2026, by the territorial delegate of Industry, Energy Transition, and Sustainability of Álava, Javier Aizpuru Ochoa de Eribe, is published in the Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA) number 116, dated October 9, 2026. The resolution includes the specific and individualized list of assets and rights that the petitioner, I-de Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes, SAU, considers necessary for expropriation.

The file, processed under reference 01ATY 202500053, is submitted for public information for the purposes of Article 10 of Decree 48/2020, of March 31, and Article 144 of Royal Decree 1955/2000, of December 1, in accordance with the first final provision of the latter text, Article 17 of the Regulations of the Compulsory Expropriation Law of April 26, 1957, and Article 55 of Law 24/2013, of December 26, of the Electricity Sector.

The company requests prior administrative authorization, administrative authorization, and a declaration of public utility. The declared objective is the improvement of the quality of the electricity supply in the area, and the budget for the action amounts to 71,624.73 euros.

A 66kV section between supports 179 and 187

The project is officially named “Renovation of 66kV SC Logroño-Haro I Overhead Line between supports 179 and 187” and its route is located entirely in Elciego (Álava). The intervention affects the high-voltage overhead line that crosses the municipality and aims to reinforce the reliability of the electrical service in the region.

The announcement details the planned impacts on each plot: length of existing wiring, expansion, easement, and number of supports, along with cadastral data (polygon, plot, and description of land use). The affected land uses are primarily rain-fed vineyards, pastures, and mixed surfaces of vineyards and pastures.

Owners and properties included in the expropriation list

The list of affected assets and rights includes, among others, the following owners:

• Antonio Entrena Martínez
• Montserrat Fontecha Bocache, Eva María Fontecha Bocache, and Francisca Bocache García
• Bodegas Murua, S.A., with several affected plots
• J. Antonio Martínez Fernández and Ana Isabel Pangua Areta
• Florentina Llanos Cundín
• Marina Laorden Domínguez and Marcela Laorden San Martín
• Irene Bauza Nuin, Jesús Bauza Nuin, J. Ignacio Bauza Nuin, Roberto Bauza Nuin, and Lydia Bauza Nuin
• Teresa Ibañez Díez Caballero

The impacts are expressed in meters of existing and extension lines, meters of easement, and the number of supports per property, according to the table published as an annex to the announcement.

Twenty days to submit allegations

The project and the list of affected parties may be examined at the Territorial Delegation of Álava, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, calle Samaniego, 2; at the corresponding city council; or on the website www.euskadi.eus, in the public information section for Energy and Mines projects.

Interested parties, and especially the owners of the land and other affected holders, have a period of twenty days, starting from the day following the publication of the announcement, to submit in duplicate any allegations they deem appropriate at the aforementioned centers.

The publication opens the formal period during which the owners of the properties in Elciego may lodge allegations against the expropriation or the planned impacts, a procedure that conditions the authorization and the declaration of public utility for the renovation of the 66kV line.

Source: Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA), number 116, of October 9, 2026, section III - Other Public Administrations, page 1 (official reference: 2026_116_02820).