Outage leaves Spaniards and Portuguese trapped, unable to pay and feeling powerless

A local police car patrols a shopping street without electric lighting to prevent theft and looting in the stores in the early morning hours during a power outage which hit large parts of Spain, in Ronda, Spain April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

MADRID (Reuters) - Monday's huge outage delivered Spaniards and Portuguese a stark reminder of how dependent on power they are in their modern lives, and how in an instant they can find themselves

incapacitated.