Holaluz faces €6 million debt probe and possible licence suspension

Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition has opened a formal procedure to suspend the electricity‑sales licence of Catalan retailer Holaluz. The action follows unpaid transmission‑network fees amounting to about €6 million owed to the major distributors Endesa (€2.3 million), Iberdrola (≈€1 million) and Naturgy (≈€0.95 million).

Holaluz contends the amounts have been settled and describes the process as a “technical administrative matter”. Nonetheless, the company’s shares were suspended on the BME Growth market, and the firm has until the end of the month to file formal objections. The regulator’s move also triggered a transfer of customers to the regulated tariff if the licence is ultimately revoked. Endesa has been identified as the most financially impacted distributor.

The development underscores heightened scrutiny of Spanish energy retailers’ solvency and could affect millions of residential and business electricity customers if the suspension proceeds.