EU High Representative for Foreign Relations and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that the EU got rid of its energy dependence on Russia in a few months. It has been reported TASS.
Borrell said, “We have eliminated the energy dependence on the Russian Federation, which we have created for years, in a few months.”
An EU spokesperson noted that the bloc is going through an “extremely stressful phase” in price increases. According to him, the “sharp peak” in August was associated with “speculative tensions in the markets”. Now, “the price per megawatt-hour gas is back to pre-war,” he said. [показателю]which was already too high.
He believes that tensions in the energy market should no longer be associated with events in Ukraine, describing it as a “structural problem” associated with the ratio of gas and electricity prices in the energy sector.
Borrell expressed hope that the European Commission will soon receive a proposal aimed at rectifying the situation.
It was reported on the eve that the occupancy level of underground gas storage facilities (UGS) in Europe fell below 80%.