Germany’s ‘Tense’ Gas Situation May Become ‘Very Serious’ If People Continue Using Too Much, Authorities Warn
Germany’s gas situation may become “very serious” if the country does not significantly reduce consumption ahead of winter, the head of Germany’s national network regulator warned Thursday.
Federal Network Agency President Klaus Mueller wrote on Twitter that gas consumption in Germany “increased by too much last week,” with German households and small businesses using nearly 10 percent more gas than the average consumption from 2018 to 2021.
According to official data, average household and small business power consumption across Germany for the week of Sept. 26 was 618 gigawatt hours per day (GWh/day), 10 percent higher when compared with the average for the same week over the years 2018 through 2021, during which it was 564 GWh/day….