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Manx Electricity Authority

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Industry
  
Energy

Website
  
www.gov.im/mea

Founded
  
1984

Area served
  
Isle of Man

Headquarters
  
Douglas

Parent organization
  
Isle of Man Government

Key people
  
Philip King (CEO) Edmund Lowey MLC (Chairman)

Subsidiaries
  
e-llan Communication ManxCable Company Ltd.

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The Manx Electricity Authority (Manx: Lught-reill Lectraghys Manninagh) generates and supplies electricity for the Isle of Man.

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Generation

Electricity generation is provided on the island from the following sources

  • A 1 MW hydroelectric power plant at Sulby and Block Eary reservoir.
  • An 87 MW combined cycle gas turbine power station in Douglas.
  • A number of diesel generators at Douglas, Peel, and Ramsey, totalling 90.4 MW.

    • In addition there is also the Isle of Man to England Interconnector, an AC submarine power cable connecting the transmission system of the Manx Electricity Authority to that of Great Britain.

    References

    Manx Electricity Authority Wikipedia
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