Gas Usage

Summary

The requester asked for ten years of natural gas usage and cost figures for both the Manx Utilities Authority and the Isle of Man. The authority responded by providing a detailed table covering financial years 2009-10 to 2018-19, disclosing total purchases, sales, and specific internal usage costs.

Key Facts

• The request was clarified to include data for both Manx Utilities and the entire Island.
• Data covers ten financial years from 2009-10 to 2018-19.
• Gas is purchased on behalf of third parties on an agency basis and sold at cost price.
• The authority was known as MEA until the end of the 2013-14 financial year.
• All requested information was disclosed without exemptions.

Data Disclosed

• 2009-10 Total gas purchase: 1,338,833,262 kWh
• 2009-10 Total Purchase Cost: £23,329,150.46
• 2018-19 Manx Utilities Cost: £15,073,931.86
• 2012-13 Total gas purchase: 900,589,719 kWh
• 2013-14 Total Purchase Cost: £28,045,102.00
• Case reference: 849965
• Request received: 2019-06-13
• Response date: 17 June 2019

Original Request

Under the FOI Act I am requesting the figures for how much natural gas we use each year for the past ten years and how much this gas cost the MUA (Without profit deduction).

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Utilities PO Box 177, Douglas Isle of Man, IM99 1PS

e: enquiries@manxutilities.im t: 01624 687687 www.manxutilities.im

Our ref: 849965 17 June 2019

Dear ,

We write further to your request which was initially received on 6 June 2019 and clarified on 13 June 2019 and which states:

"Under the FOI Act I am requesting the figures for how much natural gas we use each year for the past ten years and how much this gas cost the MUA (Without profit deduction)."

We requested clarification of the term; ‘we’ in your request and you responded that you were interested in the information pertaining to both Manx Utilities and the Island. Our response to your request is in table format as follows: MEA* / Manx Utilities Natural Gas Purchases & Sales Financial Year Total gas purchase (kWh) Total Purchase Cost £ Gas Sales (kWh) Cost of Sales £ Manx Utilities Usage (kWh) Manx Utilities Cost £ 2009-10 1,338,833,262 £23,329,150.46 236,839,839 3,368,200.40 £ 1,101,993,423 £19,960,950.05 2010-11 1,277,938,615 £23,664,130.87 239,768,088 4,086,537.60 £ 1,038,170,527 £19,577,593.27 2011-12 1,241,552,967 £24,707,675.03 211,977,474 4,117,295.53 £ 1,029,575,493 £20,590,379.50 2012-13 900,589,719 £21,267,571.09 309,472,450 7,252,751.50 £ 591,117,269 £14,014,819.59 2013-14 1,195,884,410 £28,045,102.00 300,093,564 6,986,339.33 £ 895,790,846 £21,058,762.67 2014-15 1,293,291,110 £28,213,191.74 294,021,906 6,469,223.19 £ 999,269,204 £21,743,968.55 2015-16 1,211,514,435 £24,468,559.96 298,341,955 5,338,519.22 £ 913,172,480 £19,130,040.74 2016-17 1,336,091,119 £24,377,317.72 305,646,951 4,721,633.57 £ 1,030,444,168 £19,655,684.15 2017-18 1,321,707,003 £22,403,001.90 327,283,990 5,565,363.40 £ 994,423,013 £16,837,638.50 2018-19 1,311,544,119 £21,489,518.71 303,689,504 6,415,586.85 £ 1,007,854,615 £15,073,931.86 * MEA until end 2013-14 Please note that gas is purchased on behalf of third parties on an agency basis and sold at cost price. Please quote the reference number 849965 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours faithfully