Power to the people: Sark Electricity compulsory purchase moves closer
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Power to the people: Sark Electricity compulsory purchase moves closer
• The final pieces are being moved into place ahead of Chief Pleas' compulsory purchase of Sark Electricity Limited (SEL).
• The long-running attempt to put the privately owned company into community ownership is expected to move to court later this year – with the Seneschal to oversee the enforced removal of SEL from its current owner,
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