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One of the buildings was without power for more than 24 hours.

Home News Portugal breaks daily electricity consumption record Portugal breaks daily electricity consumption record Daily electricity consumption in Portugal set a new record this week, reaching 192. 3 Gigawatt-hours (GWh) on Thursday, according to data released by REN.

A trade union complaint reveals that part of the neighbourhood near the prison in the municipality of Cascais is in the dark.

The new peak is part of an unprecedented run of consecutive daily electricity consumption records in Portugal, at a time when the country has been experiencing very low temperatures.

Parts of the Algarve and Greater Lisbon will face temporary power cuts this Sunday, January 11, due to scheduled maintenance work on the electricity grid, E-REDES has confirmed. The electricity The post Power cuts this weekend to affect Algarve and Greater Lisbon appeared first on Portugal Resident.

Electricity consumption reached a new record high in 2025, resulting in greater reliance on natural gas power plants and an increase of one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the Zero association. Electricity consumption in Portugal reached 53.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025, up 3.2% or 1.7 TWh ...

Electricity consumption resulted in an additional one million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2025.

Residents are calling for solutions to successive power cuts. “It's desperate,” they say. The municipal council and parish council will meet this Wednesday with E-Redes, which says the faults are due to a lack of infrastructure.

Since 10:00 this Thursday, Charneca da Caparica, in Almada, has been without power. E-Redes has still not been able to resolve the situation.

This week I interview André Pedro again, co-founder and CEO of the Manie platform. On average, everyone who switched saved €240 a year with no work required.
The electricity distribution company proposed to ERSE an update of prices for various services in 2026, some with increases of 40%, but the regulatory body set a limit of 10%. ERSE's tariff council warns that this limit 'perpetuates and worsens distortions'.
E-redes announced scheduled electricity cuts for maintenance work on the electrical network.
