[5] Authorised distribution covered an area of 17 square miles, including Douglas, Onchan, Union Mills, Tromode, and Groudie, and served a population of about 25,000.

The Commission proposed that a private company should distribute electricity purchased from Douglas Corporation.

The authorised distribution area covered 280 square miles, including Ramsey, Peel, Port Erin, Castletown and about 36 villages and rural districts and served a population of 25,000.

This comprised the following plant:[5] Coal-fired boilers: Turbo-alternators: There were 90 transformer sub-stations with a capacity of 18.5 MVA.

High tension transmission was at 11/33 kV, and supplied to consumers at 400 V for power and 230 V single phase for lighting.