HC Deb 28 January 1992 vol 202 c521W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when mains electricity will be available on Rathlin Island; what number and proportion of householders will be connected; and how and where the electricity will be generated.

Mr. Needham

Mains electricity is expected to be available in September 1992. Forty-one householders–79 per cent.—have applied to be connected. Electricity will be generated on the island by wind turbines backed up by diesel generators.