Gas: Italy set for 'tranquil winter' says Cingolani

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 11 - Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said Tuesday that Italy should have enough gas to get through the winter despite uncertainty about supplies from Russia amid the war in Ukraine.
    "We have made the country secure. We should have a tranquil winter," Cingolani told an RCS Academy webinar on the Repower EU Plan.
    "Our stocks are full. We'll have problems with the prices, but, if the G20 summit concludes with something positive on the price cap (for gas), we will have resolved the situation.
    "Unfortunately, we won't remove the hardship families and businesses are facing.
    "We proposed a price cap months ago. The European Commission was slow, then it sped up.
    "Let's also hope that the war ends".
    Outgoing Premier Mario Draghi's government has moved on many fronts to try to reduce Italy's reliance on Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine.
    The administration has signed agreements with several countries to boost alternative sources of energy and Algeria has replaced Russia as Italy's biggest supplier of gas.
    Cingolani said plans to dock a regasification ship off Piombino in Tuscany, which has meet local resistance, was crucial to "national security" as it will make it possible to boost imports of liquefied natural gas instead of gas coming through pipelines from Russia. (ANSA).