Channel Islands Electricity Grid
The Channel Islands Electricity Grid is the joint company set up in 1998 between Guernsey Electricity and Jersey Electricity to operate and manage the submarine cables between Europe and the Channel Islands.
The CIEG is continuing to develop the undersea cable network with additional connections between the islands and France currently being devised. These subsea cables will give both Guernsey and Jersey greater security and better affordability, as they will give the islands the opportunity to increase the amount of imported energy.
Long term agreements with Électricité de France ensure the imported electricity is low carbon.
Co-operating through the CIEG, means the islands can work together towards improving the reliability of the grid system.
Cable connections
| Name | Operational period | Route | Distance | Capacity | Status | Notes |
| Normandie 2 | 2000–present | Saint-Rémy-des-Landes, France to Jersey | 90 MW | Operational | Cable contains fibre optic cables | |
| GJ1 | 2000–present | Jersey to Guernsey | 60 MW | Operational | Cable contains 3 fibre optic cables of 24 fibres each. | |
| Normandie 3 | 2014–present | Armanville, France to Jersey | 100 MW | Operational | ||
| Normandie 1 | 2017–present | Surville to Jersey | 100 MW | Operational | Work started in 2016. Follows same route as EDF1 at a cost of £40m it became operational in February 2017. | |
| GJ2 | Jersey to Petit Bot, Guernsey | 100 MW | pending | |||
| FAB Link | France to Alderney to Britain | 1,400 MW | Scheduled | |||
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| EDF1 | 1984 - 2012 | France to Jersey | Removed | Faulty cable lifted in 2016 for recycling |
Future
- Possible - France to Guernsey
- Unlikely - Guernsey to Sark