Bloomberg German energy giant Uniper SE is seeking to extend a government credit line to 13 billion euros ($13 billion) in the latest sign of how the energy crisis is getting worse. The utility has requested an additional 4 billion euros ($4.1 bilion) from Germany’s state-owned lender KfW after fully using its existing 9 billion-euro credit line, Uniper said in ...

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is planning urgent action to try to dampen soaring power prices and is putting together proposals to reform the electricity market, according to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “Skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing, for different reasons, the limitations of our current electricity market design,” von der Leyen, who heads the EU’s executive body, ...

Bloomberg French utility Engie SA is closing in on an agreement with Algeria for an increase in imports of natural gas, a deal that could come after an official visit to the country by President Emmanue Macron. “Diplomatic negotiations are ongoing,” government spokesman Olivier Veran said on BFM TV, adding that an announcement could come shortly. Europe 1 radio first ...