The European Union is drafting contingency plans in case of natural gas supply interruptions, the Financial Times has reported , citing the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. According to Simson, the European Union can replace most of the natural gas it currently receives from Russia by the end of this year, but in case of what she called a “full disruption” of supplies, the bloc would need to do more. The contingency plans seem to focus on curbing gas supply to industries, the FT report noted, citing unnamed sources close to Brussels. Households will not be subjected to gas rationing. Industrial users account for 27 of the EU’s gas consumption. “We are facing a situation that any member state might be the next one [to be cut off],” Simson told the FT in an interview. “So far we have been able to take care of the security of […]