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UPDATE 1-E.ON says Germany cannot rely on warm winters to weather gas crisis

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FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Germany is likely to get through this winter without major disruption to gas supplies, but the jury is still out for the next one, E.ON's chief executive said, adding that households needed to step up efforts to save energy.

Gas caverns in Germany were 79.2% full as of Jan. 30, reflecting Berlin's move to spend billions of euros in the summer and autumn to buy gas after Russian supplies stopped.

That level, which has been helped by consumption cuts in industry and among households, is significantly higher than the 40% threshold set by the national energy regulator, below which Germany's supply situation would become critical.

"Current statistics show that industry has saved around 20% of gas in recent months. Partly through greater energy efficiency, but also by reducing production," E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum said in remarks for release on Wednesday.

But production cuts would threaten jobs and wealth in Europe's largest economy in the long-term, Birnbaum said.

Household savings of just 10% have so far failed to match the levels achieved by industry, he added.

"That is not enough. We cannot rely on another warm winter to help us," Birnbaum said. "We must not allow ourselves to be led into a false sense of security."

Trading Hub Europe, tasked with filling Germany's gas storage facilities, aims to maintain a buffer come spring to avoid a supply squeeze ahead of next winter even as it continues withdrawals, one of its bosses told Reuters earlier this week. (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Rachel More, Miranda Murray and Alexander Smith)