A day after the debacle, the chairwoman of Spain’s power grid operator came out swinging to defend Red Electrica and insist the country has Europe’s “best electricity network.” Beatriz Corredor Sierra’s own objectivity and expertise however is also coming under scrutiny, given she’s a political appointee. A lawyer by training, she served as a housing minister under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Socialist who was prime minister from 2004 to 2011.
