{
  "id": 18680161,
  "title": "Energy Transition: Many Municipal Utilities Want to Decommission Their Gas Networks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/energiewende-viele-stadtwerke-wollen-ihre-gasnetze-stilllegen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T09:08:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/energiewende-viele-stadtwerke-wollen-ihre-gasnetze-stilllegen/100268074.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A survey by the Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) found that nearly a third of municipal utilities in Germany plan to partially or completely shut down their gas networks in the coming years. 13% of utilities want to completely shut down their gas networks, while 25% plan a mix of continued operation and shutdown. 38% of utilities are still undecided about the future of their gas networks. 50% of utilities plan to switch to a mix of heat pumps and district heating, and 17% plan to offer green gases.",
  "summary": "Every third municipal utility company is planning to dismantle its gas network. The municipal utility association is calling on the federal government to provide clear legal regulations.",
  "key_points": [
    "Nearly one-third of German city utilities plan to decommission gas networks.",
    "25% aim to phase out gas networks entirely, 25% maintain mixed supply.",
    "50% intend to shift to heat pump and district heating mix in the future."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}