Go to the media bankSculpture of the Euro sign outside the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels. File photoBRUSSELS, Sep 7 The European Commission (EC) plans to discuss with EU countries on Friday a set of new measures it wants to propose to normalize the situation in the electricity market, including a price cap on gas imports from Russia and a mandatory reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference. She said that the European Commission wants to propose five different measures. />Erdogan said the West should have thought about the energy crisis in advance. «We will propose a price limit for Russian gas,» she said of one of them. In addition, the EC plans to propose a binding target to reduce the use of electricity during peak hours, von der Leyen said. market. The EC plans to offer to redirect these «surprise profits» to member countries so that they can support vulnerable consumers and businesses with this money, the head of the EC said. fuel,» she said. and business. States could also use it to develop domestic clean energy sources, such as renewable energy. The EC also proposes measures to support the liquidity of energy supply companies so that they can cope with market volatility. «These are five measures that we will discuss with member countries at the Energy Council on Friday,” she added. On Friday, September 9, an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers will be held. Protests in Germany over rising energy prices
