Climate
Government Wants to Obligate Gas Suppliers to Maintain Winter Reserves
Climate Minister Stientje van Veldhoven (D66) plans to shift responsibility for maintaining gas reserves from the government to market parties by autumn 2028. The current system is considered ineffective because high summer purchase prices discourage suppliers from filling storage, forcing the state to subsidize reserves that also serve other European countries under EU mandates.
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