Energy regulator also hints at priorities for natural gas rationing
A complete suspension of natural gas supplies from Russia is a possibility, the head of Germany’s Federal Network Agency warned on Saturday.
In an interview with the Funke newspaper group, Klaus Muller reiterated his call for people to reduce their consumption, and raised fears that the upcoming maintenance shut-down of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, a key gas artery, “will turn into a longer-running political maintenance.”
Earlier this week Nord Stream AG, the operator of the undersea pipeline, said it would shut down both strings of the route for repair works from July 11 to July 21. Gazprom, the firm’s majority shareholder, says the maintenance was scheduled and agreed with all partners.
Muller said that “if, in the course of maintenance, the flow of gas from Russia is reduced for a longer period of time for political reasons, we need to talk more seriously about…
