{"id":15699,"date":"2026-01-30T22:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/news\/position-paper-on-the-combination-model-for-security-of-natural-gas-supply\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:30:22","slug":"position-paper-on-the-combination-model-for-security-of-natural-gas-supply","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/en\/news\/position-paper-on-the-combination-model-for-security-of-natural-gas-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Position paper on the combination model for security of gas supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a recent report by the German Press Agency (dpa), the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus M\u00fcller, advocated the establishment of a strategic gas reserve as an important building block for security of supply. It is precisely this idea that our position paper takes up and supplements it with a market-based component.  <\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p>Our combination model for natural gas supply combines two instruments: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A central entity, such as Trading Hub Europe GmbH (THE), holds a certain amount of gas as a security reserve, which is only used in the event of a crisis. This allows network operators to ensure network stability without distorting the market.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supplier obligation to store gas: Gas traders and suppliers are obliged to store a certain proportion of consumption for their customers. Beyond this mandatory quantity, the market for individual portfolio optimization by traders remains in place.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>With this model, the responsibility for security of supply is largely left to the market players, while at the same time the infrastructure operators can guarantee the stability of the grid even in crisis situations. At the same time, the model ensures cost-efficient storage filling.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Our position paper is available in the downloads. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"container-fluid fnb-downloadl-block break-out\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n                <h4 class=\"rubrik text-center\">Downloads<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- Downloads -->\n            \n                                    \n                    <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8 g-2 offset-lg-1 offset-xl-2 fnb-downloadl-item\">\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-name\"><b>Position paper on the combination model for security of gas supply<\/b><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-meta-wrap\">\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-beschriftung\">PDF \/ 208 kB<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-button nep-dl-button\"><a\n                                        target=\"_blank\"\n                                        href=\"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-30_FNB-Gas_Hinweispapier_Kombinationsmodell-Versorgungssicherheit-Erdgas.pdf\"> <\/a><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-trenner\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                                        <!-- \/Downloads -->\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNB Gas welcomes the Federal Network Agency&#8217;s draft specification on the publication modalities in accordance with the Gas Directive as an important step towards greater transparency and clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15687,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"news_resort":[67],"news_types":[73],"class_list":["post-15699","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_resort-security-of-supply","news_types-position-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Position paper on the combination model for security of gas supply - FNB Gas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a recent report by the German Press Agency (dpa), the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus M\u00fcller, advocated the establishment of a strategic gas position paper takes up and supplements it with a market-based component.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/en\/news\/position-paper-on-the-combination-model-for-security-of-natural-gas-supply\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"TSOs recommend supplementing the strategic gas reserve with a supplier obligation (combination model)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In a recent report by the German Press Agency (dpa), the President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus M\u00fcller, advocated the establishment of a strategic gas reserve as an important building block for security of supply. 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