We have just rennovated a large house in Catalonia and we have discovered that the power supply is woefully insufficient. The power company (which I think has a monopoly) has quoted ?38,000 Euros as a cost to upgrade our supply.
The irony is that our electrician currently has an illegal supply by hotwireing the mains in some way that I don’t understand - so there is no technical problem in giving us the extra power we need.  So I can’t understand why the cost is so much.

Does any one know if I have any right of appeal over the power companies decision? Or is there ant way I can get a lower price? Is there any competition in electricity in Catalonia?

thanks

Paul