(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 07 - "We must put the country in the condition of having a continuity of supplies against the possibility of a rationing" of gas and "we are moving quickly towards 90% of the storage capacity", Eni " having already reached the level of storage it had in October 2021 a week ago, we are working with Snam and Gse to see how to cover any missing volumes ".
This was stated by Eni's public affairs director Lapo Pistelli at a hearing on Security of supply at the Industry Commission in the Senate.
Pistelli then reiterated that Eni strongly supports the government initiative for the "temporary introduction of the pricecap" for gas operating at European level.
In fact, only for Italy "it would not be effective and instead it would be counterproductive", because the Italian market "is very interconnected" and "there would be a flight effect" with the negotiation that "would divert to other more profitable hubs and for consumers there would be a real risk of interruption of supplies. ".
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