The newspaper assured this Monday it had access to a letter in which the independent entity warned of the existence of a “significant risk” of problems with supplies.

To preserve reserves, the publication adds, large consumers, including power plants, would be asked to temporarily stop using gas to guarantee deliveries to the residential sector for as long as possible.

Other measures would include the suspension of fuel exports to other European countries through underwater gas pipelines.

According to reports, the Government and the National Energy Network, which plans to publish its valuation report for the winter, are carrying out tests in the event of gas deficit in the coming months.

The British energy market relies heavily on gas and electricity imports from the European Union and Norway to make up for shortages, but both could find themselves in the same situation as the United Kingdom, following the indefinite suspension of operation of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, announced by the Russian corporation Gazprom on September 2.

Added to this is Norway’s warning that it would limit its electricity exports if the water levels in its hydroelectric plants remain low, and the news that France could also be forced to import energy due to technical problems in several of its nuclear reactors. .

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