Minister: State would limit household heating to maintain key industry if gas shortage occurs

If a gas shortage were to occur, the state would limit heating supplies for households in order to maintain the running of key sectors of industry, the minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela, said on Tuesday, ahead of a cabinet meeting at Liblice Chateau.

The government talks centred on the future form of the so-called energy saving tariff, legislation aimed at alleviating the impacts of a possible winter energy crisis on households and businesses. The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposal suggests an energy subsidy of up to CZK 5,000 for households this year.