a view shows pipes at the landfall facilities of the nord stream 1 gas pipeline in lubmin germany july 21 2022 reutersannegret hilse frankfurt aug 14 reuters  german gas storage facilities were slightly more than 75 full last friday a couple of weeks ahead of target data from european operators group gie showed on sunday germany has 233 billion cubic metres bcm of underground gas storage a little more than a fifth of the 100 bcm of gas used in 2021 the rehden storage unit which holds 4 bcm was 54 full the gie data showed germany is at phase two of a threestage emergency plan formulated after a reduction in gas flows from russia its main supplier that causes serious headaches for german industry which accounts for a quarter of the countrys gas demand russia has drastically cut flows to europe via the nord stream 1 pipeline since midjune and currently supplies only 20 of agreed volumes blaming faulty and delayed equipment while europe says the move has been politically motivated the government had targeted gas storage levels to reach 75 by sept 1 the next targets are 85 by oct 1 and 95 by nov 1 which are embedded in a number of provisions aimed at helping germany to avoid a gas crisis in the 202223 winter the provisions include higher imports of liquefied natural gas lng and incentives to reduce energy usage read more separately germanys gas market operator the is set to announce on aug 15 the size of a gas price levy on consumers to help uniper un01de and other importers cope with soaring prices read more