According to information from industry groups, the Federal Network Agency is currently asking companies whether they could do without gas in the short term in an emergency.
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Dusseldorf, Berlin The federal government is preparing the economy for a possible failure of Russian gas supplies. Under the leadership of the Federal Network Agency, consideration is already being given to which companies should be taken off the network first in an emergency, as the Handelsblatt learned from industry and government circles.
On Friday, representatives of the Federal Network Agency and the Ministry of Economic Affairs met with representatives of the Federation of German Industries and the Federation of Energy and Water Industries. But individual companies are also already involved.
Industry representatives are covered about the plans: “The topic is very sensitive,” it said: “We don’t want to unsettle the public either.” The Federal Network Agency only confirmed “that talks to prepare for the crisis with industry and the energy sector are planned”. The reason for the talks is “to prepare for the event of unavoidable shutdowns in industry in a gas supply crisis”. However, the authority did not want to comment on the details.
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