With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine likely to cause significant energy shocks for the European Union, the European Commission wants to ensure that EU gas stocks are at least 80% full on average by 30 September this year in order to prepare the Union for the coming winter, says a new draft of its Energy Communication, obtained by EUROPE on Tuesday 1 March.
In order to achieve such a level of storage, the institution envisages urging Member States to take certain measures such as requiring...