Gas storage: Pressure on Germany grows

The EU Commission wants the Federal Republic of Germany to comply with more ambitious minimum filling levels for gas storage facilities. According to a leak, storage operators must also undergo certification. Safety concerns could result in expropriation.

Germany is threatening to fall short of the EU’s expectations in the struggle to refill gas storage facilities. By October, those 18 member states on whose territory gas storage facilities are located are to fill the reservoirs to 90 percent. By February 1 of next year, German storage facilities are to be at least 55 percent full. That’s according to a draft of a new gas storage regulation published by the research portal Contexte on Monday.

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