GUERNSEY’S energy providers are eager to begin the workstreams that will shape the island’s future supply and consumption.

Despite disagreeing with each other on various aspects of the energy policy report, including most notably the cost of adopting the propositions included within it, both Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Gas welcomed the States decision on Wednesday to note it.

And although an amendment placed by Deputy Marc Laine resulted in the report not being endorsed, Guernsey Electricity managing director Ian Watson (pictued) hailed the decision to introduce a policy as an important milestone for the island.

He said it set a direction for reducing carbon emissions in future. ‘It is a global issue and unfortunately we cannot just sit back and say we are too small to make a difference so it should be someone else’s problem. An energy policy is something that we have been asking for for some years.’