German officials: consumers will be shocked

German officials said that the reduction of Russian gas may lead to three times the price of natural gas, and consumers will be "shocked."

"Natural Gas (Supply) shortage: How to deal with the energy crisis in Germany." "Russia today" (RT) said on July 3rd by this article, saying that Claus Mueller, director of the German Federal Network Bureau, accepted Germany. During the media interview, Russia's natural gas supply decreased to make the situation facing Germany's gas storage more complicated. In this regard, it is not ruled out that the German government has taken severe measures to save the public, including the price of natural gas may be three times the price of the past. Mueller said that in the context of natural gas shortage, rising energy prices will shock consumers.

RT: Natural gas (supply) shortage: How to prepare for the energy crisis in Germany

The article mentioned that Mueller talked about the importance of maintaining Russia's natural gas supply in an interview with the German ZDF TV on June 28. He said that even if the underground gas storage library injected 90%of natural gas, Germany would not support it for two and a half months when Russia does not supply gas.

Claus Mueller, the picture from RT

According to Mueller, Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. announced in mid-June that for technical reasons, the natural gas supply exported to Germany through the "Beixi-1" pipeline was reduced. The pipeline will stop gas supply for 10 days this month for annual technical maintenance work, which will also exacerbate German natural gas (supply) shortage. Mueller detected that the price of natural gas in Germany may be three times the price of the past. In this case, consumers will also be "shocked" about the rise in energy prices. "Many consumers will be shocked after receiving emails sent by power suppliers," he said.

However, data from the German Federal Network Bureau showed that as of July 1, the German gas storage library had injected 61.03%, and the gas transmission volume of the "Beixi" pipeline remained at a level of 40%. "If the Russian natural gas supply transmitted through the" Beixi "pipeline maintains the current level, the German gas storage may not be injected 90%before November without taking additional measures." The bureau said.

The German government has also taken relevant measures for the shortage of natural gas (supply). The RT article mentioned that German Deputy Prime Minister and Economic and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck announced on June 23 that the second -level "alert" of the second -level emergency plan for natural gas lack, which means that Germany's "natural gas supply seriously deteriorates". The German natural gas scarce emergency plan is divided into warning, alarm and emergency three levels. After Russia announced that it was required to use rubles to pay natural gas, the German government launched the first "early warning" at the end of March.

According to the article, Habeck also mentioned in mid -June that the German Ministry of Economic and Climate Protection can force people and enterprises to save energy through legal means. The German city and community alliance also proposed to lower the indoor temperature to 18 to 19 ° C to reduce the consumption of natural gas. At the same time, German leadership is also looking for other suppliers. The German "World News" reported at the end of June that Germany "highly highlighted" of Canadian LNG, but Germany has not yet been built to import the infrastructure of imported liquefied natural gas, which will make this cooperation complicated.

However, for Germany's alternative to find Russia's natural gas, the European Research Center of the Institute of World Economic and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Olianqinke told RT that this is "fantasy", because global natural gas mining is in the world. If it is stable and supplied by the signing contract, if Germany wants to purchase natural gas via other channels, the seller can only choose the "transfer" method. In this case, the price of natural gas will be much higher.

Source: Global Network/Zhang Jiangping

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