25/02/2025 (Agence Europe) – On 21 February, more than 50 civil society organisations sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jørgensen, calling on the Commission not to commit to investing in foreign liquefied natural gas (LNG) and fossil gas export infrastructures in exchange for long-term contracts and lower gas prices, as implied in an initial version of the ‘Action Plan for Affordable Energy Prices’ (see EUROPE 13584/9). The letter points out, among other things, that the increase in LNG exports will entail additional costs for EU consumers due to the intrinsic expenses associated with liquefaction, transport and regasification. The signatories add that long-term US LNG contracts would be in contradiction with the ‘methane’ regulation and point out that demand for gas in the EU is in structural decline. The letter: https://aeur.eu/f/fn1 (PLD)