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Jersey prison keeps oil boilers amid power limits

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The electricity supply in St Brelade would not be able to cope, an FOI has found

The oil-fired boilers that run the heating at La Moye Prison cannot be replaced with an electrically-powered system due to limitations, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has found.

Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) said it wanted to replace the existing 16-year-old boilers - which it described as "unreliable and inefficient" - with an electrical system instead.

However it said Jersey Electricity found the power supply in the area would not be able to cope.

The service said its network in St Brelade was "at capacity" and replacing the boilers would require "significant investment and disruption to this part of the island".

JHA said the prison with its 106 cells, gym and sports hall will be heated by new oil-fired boilers but that the option of converting hydrotreated vegetable oil would be considered in the future.

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