nearly half the country s coal fired power plants are only eye two-day supply left. they could face electricity shortages in the coming months. rolling blackouts have already begun for some residents in china. it s a growing power supply crunch crunch really that forced companies to cut production. prices left countries scrambling. that may hinge on the controversial north stream to pipeline. reporter: gas prices have increased eight fold over the last year, but they did ease thursday after president putin said russia could look at exporting more gas to europe which is something that iea called for two weeks ago. at the same time, russia s deputy prime minister suggested that a speedy certification of its new pipeline nord stream 2 would bring deion gas prices. this increase owes concerns russia could keep back gas to