• Redeia said Spain’s grid-balancing services are regulated system costs, not “hidden” charges, with most revenue flowing to generators.
• Generators collected EUR 3.91 billion from technical constraints, secondary regulation, and demand response from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 2026.
• Total balancing-service costs reached EUR 4.22 billion, up 37.3% year over year, within overall system costs of EUR 29.5 billion.
• Redeia’s regulated remuneration totaled EUR 80.8 million, equal to 0.27% of system costs, not linked to energy volumes.
• Constraint-energy offers averaged EUR 204.67/MWh versus EUR 74.10/MWh in the day-ahead market, driving higher costs for demand.

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