一位意大利能源官员周四表示，德国为了在能源公司私有化前降低其成本，过度推迟注气，辜负了欧洲，并将最新的天然气价格飙升归咎于柏林。
Germany has let Europe down by delaying filling its gas stocks for too long in an effort to reduce costs for its energy companies ahead of their privatisation, an Italian energy official said on Thursday, blaming Berlin for the latest gas price spike.
欧洲基准前月天然气价格周三触及每兆瓦时100欧元，为2022年12月以来首次，这给政府带来了来自消费者的压力，并引发了关于在不扭曲欧洲市场的情况下可采取何种措施的辩论。
Benchmark European front-month gas prices touched €100 per megawatt hour on Wednesday for the first time since December 2022, putting governments under pressure from consumers and opening a debate over what measures can be used without distorting the European market.
意大利政府数月来一直在游说欧盟委员会批准使用公共资金，在预计明年举行大选前降低家庭和企业的天然气及电力成本。
The Italian government has been lobbying the European Commission for months for the green light to use public funds to cut gas and power costs for households and companies ahead of a general election expected next year.
意大利能源部能源市场与基础设施总干事亚历山德罗·诺切在米兰举行的Montel意大利能源日会议上发言时表示，罗马已花费数亿欧元在冬季来临前注满天然气储存。
Speaking at the Montel Italian Energy Day conference in Milan, the Italian Energy Ministry's Director General for Energy Markets and Infrastructure, Alessandro Noce, said Rome had spent hundreds of millions of euros to fill its gas storage ahead of winter.
一位能源分析师在同一会议上发言称，德国在专注于其能源集团尤尼珀和SEFE的私有化——这两家是注气过程中的关键参与者——的同时，推迟了储气建设。
Germany has delayed stockbuilding while focusing on the privatisation of its energy groups Uniper and SEFE, key players in the storage-filling process, an energy analyst said speaking at the same conference.
诺切说：“听说一个欧洲国家选择不注满储气设施，因为它想要私有化一家公司，这让我感到震惊。”
"Hearing that a European country chose not to fill its storage facilities because it wanted to privatise a company is alarming to me," Noce said.
他补充道：“我们遭受了双重打击：我们花了3亿欧元注满储气设施，现在却要为天然气支付更高价格，因为德国人正在买气……这件事真的让我很愤怒。”
"We are getting hit twice: we paid €300 million to fill the storage facilities, and we are paying more for gas because the Germans are buying it now... this is something that really makes me angry," he added.
德国经济部未立即回应置评请求。该部周四表示，德国天然气储存设施注气率为61.7%。根据欧洲天然气基础设施组织数据，意大利储存注气率近91%，欧盟平均水平约为75%。
Germany's economy ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It said on Thursday that the country's gas storage was 61.7% full. Italy's storage was almost 91% full and the EU average stood at about 75%, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.
诺切表示，预计如果1月天气寒冷，基准天然气合约价格可能达到每兆瓦时150至180欧元。
Noce said he expected that the benchmark gas contract could reach between €150 and €180 per MWh in the event of a cold January.
诺切说：“这取决于天气。我们只能寄希望于全球变暖，盼着1月天气暖和。”
"It depends on the weather. We have to root for global warming and hope that January is warm," Noce said.
他补充说，如果1月像去年一样寒冷，尤其是在波兰、立陶宛和德国北部，就会出问题。
Should January be as cold as last year, especially in Poland, Lithuania and northern Germany, there will be problems, he added.