The country faces a power supply crunch this winter, the national grid operator warns France risks running short of electricity for several days this winter as a result of lower-than-usual nuclear plant availability, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing the country’s grid operator.

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The country has enough gas to last through winter, but has to prepare for the next heating season, its energy regulator says Germany has sufficient energy supplies for the rest of the heating season and the risk of a gas shortage has been overcome, the country’s energy regulator has said.