2022

Viewers in the South of the Island have been experiencing issues with their television reception recently.

An engineer has attended the Port St Mary site and carried out works which appear to have resolved the issues.

Any viewers still experiencing problems are asked to get in touch and let us know.

The Authority is aware that households in the south of the Island may be experiencing issues with television reception.

A receiver fault has been identified at the Port St Mary transmitter which is likely to be affecting ITV channels, but also other services such as BBC.

An engineer is due to attend the site over the next couple of days.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank viewers for their continued patience while this matter is resolved.

In line with the Gas (Tariff Fixing) (Parameters) Regulations 2022, the Authority began an interim review of gas tariffs at the beginning of June based on information provided by Manx Gas.  While changes were not warranted at that time, the market has been exceptionally volatile since then. The Authority felt it would be prudent to keep this review of tariffs open to try and gain a clearer picture of the forward prices for winter 2022.

Since the review commenced there has been a significant increase in forward gas commodity prices, with current prices for winter 2022 being significantly higher than those assumed when the tariffs were set in March of this year. Wholesale prices have increased considerably in recent weeks spurred by Russia reducing the flow of natural gas to Europe. The prices have gone from an average of approximately 250p per therm at the beginning of June to 460p per therm currently, which equates to wholesale prices of 8.5p/unit and 15.7p/unit respectively.

Although Manx Gas is now setting its own tariffs, these tariffs must be provided to the Authority in advance. Manx Gas submitted new data on the proposed tariffs to the Authority on Monday. The Authority has reviewed the data submitt…