The Generalitat authorizes the ST Centenar electrical substation in Ayora

The General Directorate of Energy and Mines of the Third Vice Presidency and Department of Environment, Infrastructure, Territory and Recovery has granted I-De Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes, S. A. U. the prior administrative authorization and the administrative construction authorization for the new 132/20 kV transformer substation ST Centenar, in the municipality of Ayora. The same resolution declares the public utility, specifically, of the installation. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia (BOP) number 178, dated September 16, 2026, with the official reference 2026/10812 and file ATASCT/2022/198/46.

The announcement appears in section I of the gazette, reserved for the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana, and is signed by the Territorial Service of Industry, Energy and Mines of Valencia, the unit that processes authorizations for electrical installations within the provincial scope. The Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia is edited by the Provincial Council of Valencia and reminds that publications are the sole responsibility of the sending bodies.

This is an administrative ruling of regional scope: the new substation is located in Ayora, in the interior of the province, and its owner is a commercial company in the electrical networks sector. The file is identified by the code ATASCT/2022/198/46, whose numbering refers to the year 2022 as the reference for the start of the processing.

Three rulings in a single resolution

The resolution of the General Directorate of Energy and Mines accumulates three distinct administrative decisions regarding the same project:

• Prior administrative authorization, which approves the project from an administrative and energy standpoint.
• Administrative construction authorization, which enables the material execution of the installations.
• Declaration of public utility, specifically, of the new transformer substation.

The specific declaration of public utility is the title that, according to electrical sector regulations, allows the owning company to request the occupation of the assets and rights affected by the installation. It is the step that opens the expropriation path for the affected landowners in the municipality of Ayora.

Technical characteristics and file data

The data collected in the announcement published in the BOP are as follows:

• Facility name: ST Centenar.
• Type: newly constructed transformer substation.
• Voltage levels: 132/20 kV.
• Municipality: Ayora.
• Owner: I-De Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes, S. A. U.
• Resolving body: General Directorate of Energy and Mines.
• Processing and publishing body: Territorial Service of Industry, Energy and Mines of Valencia.
• File: ATASCT/2022/198/46.
• Announcement reference: 2026/10812.

Publication and effects

The announcement is inserted in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia number 178, corresponding to September 16, 2026, within section I dedicated to the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana. Publication in the official gazette provides publicity and effectiveness against third parties to the administrative act, so that interested parties can know the content of the resolution and its scope over the territory.

The facility is part of the electricity transmission and distribution network of the region, in a context of reinforcing energy infrastructures in the interior of the province of Valencia. The resolution does not detail the investment amount or the specific number of affected plots in the published announcement.

The authorization of the ST Centenar substation consolidates a long-term energy project in Ayora and directly affects the landowners of the municipality, who from now on may see the land occupation procedures initiated. For the region as a whole, the new 132/20 kV infrastructure represents a reinforcement of the transformation capacity and the electricity supply, a key element for the economic activity and development of the interior of the province of Valencia.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia, no. 178, September 16, 2026, section I (Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana), page 1 (official reference: 2026/10812).