Gas storage facilities in Germany are 62% full. Germany enters the winter with reserves below the legal level of 80% for the heating season: storage facilities with a total capacity of 250 TWh are about 62% full. According to the publication that quotes the "Financial Times", stocks in the European Union are also lower than average: storage facilities are less than 75% full.
European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said no major problems with uninterrupted supply were expected, but it may not help people struggling to pay their bills. He also said the EU would not reconsider plans to ban Russian LNG from early 2027, despite concerns about high prices.
In September, German Economy and Energy Minister Katharina Reich ordered state-owned Bos to purchase and store more gas by mid-December. The head of the industry body INES, Sebastian Heinerman, said that the failure to meet the inventory goals indicates the need for stricter measures to ensure gas supply for the coming winter.