Netzagentur: Gas supply situation in Germany "tense"

Created: 06/17/2022, 14:41

Klaus Müller, President of the Federal Network Agency, is standing in front of the Federal Network Agency's building.

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The Russian energy company Gazprom has already significantly reduced the delivery volume of gas.

Now the network agency is explaining the situation as tense for the first time.

Bonn - For the first time since the end of March, the Federal Network Agency has described the situation as "tense" in its daily report on gas supply in Germany.

"The gas supply in Germany is stable at the moment," wrote the authority in its report published on Friday afternoon.

Security of supply in Germany is currently guaranteed.

The reason for the revaluation is the reduction in the gas delivery volume through the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 in the past few days.

The Russian energy company Gazprom had throttled the gas flows to 40 percent of the maximum output and justified this with delays in the repair of compressor turbines.

"Since the middle of the week, this reduction has also affected the transfer of gas to other European countries such as France, Austria and the Czech Republic," the authority reported.

The companies affected by the missing deliveries could currently procure the gas quantities elsewhere on the market.

dpa