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Fearing that Russia may stop supplies of natural gas, the head of a German regulatory agency today called on his compatriots to save energy and prepare for winter, when consumption will increase, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA

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The chairman of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, invited the owners of houses and apartments to check their gas boilers and radiators and adjust them so that they save energy as much as possible.

"Maintenance can reduce gas consumption by 10-15 percent," he told the Funke Media Group.

Mueller thinks people should use the 12 weeks they have before the cold weather arrives to prepare.

It is necessary for families to discuss from now on whether to maintain the usual winter temperatures in all rooms or whether some rooms may be a little colder, he said.

The call comes after Russia last month cut gas supplies to Germany, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and EU countries rushed to replenish their stocks of the fuel used to generate electricity, power industry and heat homes. in the winter, AP notes.

"Gazprom" explains the reduced supply on the "Nord Stream-1" gas pipeline with a technical problem.

The Russian company says its equipment being repaired in Canada is stuck there as a result of Western sanctions against Russia imposed over its war in Ukraine.

Jens Kerstan of the provincial government of Hamburg expressed to the newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" concern about the situation and did not rule out the possibility that, if there is a shortage of gas, it will be necessary to limit the supply of hot water to the population.

"In emergency situations with an acute shortage of gas, hot water will only be available at certain times of the day," Kerstan said.

Germany's new LNG terminals will be operational at the end of this year or early next year

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