1898
Mr F E Gripper obtained the original concession to build and operate an electricity generating and distribution system in Guernsey, on behalf of Edmondson's Electricity Corporation of London.
1900
Cables being laid in the Bordage cicra 1900
1900
Cable being laid on the Grange circa 1900
1900
Staff Photo taken in 1900.
1900
St Sampson Harbour circa 1900
1900
Cables being laid in Le Pollet, St Peter Port in 1900.
20th February 1900
The first units were generated for distribution to a limited number of consumers in Guernsey.
1st May 1900
The first complaint about emissions from the Les Amballes power station was recorded.
26th July 1900
The Bailiff officially opened the power station at Les Amballes.
1901
Street lighting was introduced into the High Street in St Peter Port, and for the first time, the market was lit with electricity.
1902
Connections were made to Castle Cornet and the Castel Hospital over the next 2 years.
1902
Staff Photo taken in 1902
February 1902
The States Electric Lighting Committee applied to the Royal Court for permission to build a power station in St Sampson's.
28th February 1903
Plans to build a power station in St Sampson were approved.
2nd December 1903
The Vale Power Station being built in 1903.
1904
The Vale Power Station in 1904.
March 1907
The States gave permission for low voltage overhead lines. By the end of the year lines had already been erected in the Salt Pans and Bordeaux areas.
1907
The Guernsey Electric Light & Power Company Registration Certificate from 1907.
April 1907
Staff Picture taken in April 1907.
20th July 1907
The Guernsey Electric Light and Power Company acquired the concession from Edmundsons Electricity Corporation.
20th September 1910
The Guernsey Electric Light and Power Company opened a new showroom in the Commercial Arcade.
1911
The Electric Light And Power Shop in 1911
14th August 1913
The Guernsey Electric Light and Power Company new offices and showroom were officially opened at the recently purchased premises at 25 High Street.
1919
Staff Picture taken in 1919.
1921
The Yacht Hotel (now Boots) circa 1921.
1926
The Guernsey Electric Light and Power Company turned their attention to smaller types of generating and decided to buy two Diesel engines.
1930
Aerial View of St Peter Port Harbour circa 1930
1932
The States Electricity Board was appointed and the nominated its first members.
1933
Cables being laid in the St Peter Port High Street in 1933.
1933
St Peter Port High Street Cabling in 1933.
1st July 1933
The States of Guernsey terminated the concession with the Edmundsons Electricity Corporation, acquired the undertaking and delivered it to the States Electricity Board to administer in trust.
1935
Royal Silver Jubilee Lights on St Julian's Avenue 1935
1935
Royal Silver Jubilee Town Church Lights in 1935
1936
Lighting Installed at St Peter Port Garage in 1936
March 1940
The Board of Administration arranged for the installation of lights around St Sampson's Harbour.
28th June 1940
The Luftwaffe bombed a number of tomato-laden lorries in St Peter Port harbour, which they had mistakenly identified as military vehicles. The result was more than thirty deaths and a similar number of serious injuries. Two days later on Sunday June 30th the German forces landed in Guernsey.
1st August 1940
The German Commandant ordered that heating water by electricity for baths was forbidden, as was the use of electric lifts. Electric fires and radiators were specifically banned.
February 1941
The Star newspaper recorded what it believed was the first case of a person being charged in the magistrate's court, with interfering with the States Electricity Board's power lines and apparatus.
19th June 1944
Three aircraft dropped bombs on St Peter Port harbour. A heavy calibre bomb fell on the inner harbour, causing considerable damage to the shopping centre, including the Board's offices at 25 High Street.
May 1945
A few days after it was announced the war was over rationing of electricity came to an end.
July 1947
Negotiations were started with the Jamonneau Trust Estate for the purchase of the disused German power station site in the Bouet.
1950
Cliff Tickners and the GE Delivery Van circa 1950
1951
The Electricity Board tent at the first Saumarez Park show in 1951
1956
A high voltage cable being installed outside the Vale Power Station in 1956
8th June 1957
A fire swept through the contracting section's buildings at the Bouet, destroying almost all of the contents, stores, tools and equipment, and two motor vehicles.
1960
Guernsey From The Air circa 1960.
1960
The Albany, South Esplanade before the Albany was built circa 1960.
1962
The St Peter Port Seafront in 1962.
Circa 1963
Islanders boarding a plane at Guernsey Airport.
1970
Castle Cornet floodlit at night circa 1970
Circa 1970
The Royal Hotel, St Peter Port circa 1970.
1970
View along the Town Seafront circa 1970.
21st May 1970
The Lieutenant Governor, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mills, officially opened the engine hall, now known as “B Station”.
1971
Aerial Photo of the Powerstation in 1971
1977
Town Shop in 1977
1979
The view from the States offices looking towards the Weighbridge in 1979.
1980
Electricity House Front Entrance in 1980.
1980
The Vale Power Station circa 1980.
1981
The Jersey Electricity Company proceeded with the installation of an undersea power cable to EdF.
November 1985
Gardline Surveys Ltd. was awarded a contract to carry out a hydrographic survey of a route for a submarine cable between Guernsey and France.
1993
The Super Economy 12 tariff was brought into use for domestic and non-domestic customers.
29th July 1993
The Board decided to adopt with immediate effect, the title "Guernsey Electricity" (GE) as its trade name.
September 1996
The States of Guernsey approved the construction of an undersea power link with Jersey and France.
29th July 1998
The Channel Islands Electricity Grid Company Limited (CIEG) was formed to construct and operate a cable link for the importation of electricity from France into Jersey and Guernsey.
January 1999
Underground cable from Havelet Bay to Barker's Quarry was started to be laid.
1999
Dial Before You Dig was set up to try and prevent third party contractors from damaging Guernsey Electricity cables.
15th June 2000
Guernsey cable link being installed in the slipway at Havelet bay in 2000.
15th June 2000
Guernsey's cable link being installed in the slipway at Havelet bay in 2000.
November 2000
Guernsey Electricity took its first units of electricity from the European Grid through the undersea cable.
1st February 2002
Guernsey Electricity became a commercialised States Trading Company operating under the Electricity (Guernsey) Law 2001.
November 2010
10th anniversary of Channel Islands Electricity Grid.
April 2012
Guernsey Electricity’s undersea cable to Jersey failed.
June 2012
One of Jersey Electricity’s undersea cable to France failed and was deemed irreparable.
July 2012
The section of the undersea cable that failed being repaired in July 2012.
July 2012
The faulty section of the undersea cable from Guernsey to Jersey.
September 2012
Guernsey Electricity’s new generator 2D was delivered to Guernsey. The engine was the single largest item to ever be delivered into the island.
26th September 2012
2D arrived by ship at St Sampson Harbour. It was the single largest item to ever be offloaded in the island.
26th September 2012
The new generator known as 2D being manoeuvred into D Station.
November 2012
Planning permission granted for undersea cable Normandie 3.
January 2013
Guernsey Electricity signs a new 10 year deal with EDF for 30% of imported electricity to come from hydroelectricity.
April 2014
The Cable Enterprise, a 7,000-tonne power cable-laying vessel, starts work off the coast of France to lay the new undersea cable known as Normandie 3.
April 2014
Burying Normandie 3 on Normandy Beach.
20th May 2014
The CIEG hosted the Atlantic Cable Maintenance & Repair Agreement 2014 conference in Guernsey.
January/February 2015
We successfully completed a preventative repair on our undersea cable to Jersey.
31st March 2016
The first 1,200m of the EDF1 cable is removed before the installation of Normandie 1.
26th May 2016
We signed a contract with Finnish energy company Wartsila to deliver and install a second medium-speed diesel engine, to be known as 3D.
10th August 2016
Work started to lay our new subsea power cable, Normandie 1, which will provide electricity to Guernsey via Jersey.
6th October 2016
Engine 3D was safely delivered to the Vale Power Station after being offloaded at Abraham's Bosom.
January 2017
Our new £40m subsea power cable, Normandie 1, was switched on ahead of schedule supplying Guernsey with electricity via Jersey.
May 2018
We installed the largest solar array in the Channel Islands on the roof of Electricity House.
October 2019
Completed installation and energisation of the replacement undersea electricity cable (GJ1), linking the Island to France via Jersey, and returned Guernsey to importing more than 90% of its electricity from renewable and low carbon sources.
November 2019
Posties powered by sunshine! Guernsey Post solar array installed. With the 654 panels predicted to produce more than 200,000kWh
