Directorate Change

Jersey Electricity Company Limited
19 September 2003

                     The Jersey Electricity Company Limited

                              Directorate Changes



The Company is pleased to announce that at a meeting of the Board on 18th
September, 2003, Mr Clive Aubrey Charles Chaplin was appointed to the Board with
immediate effect.



Biographical Details

Clive Chaplin is a partner of Ogier & Le Masurier, advocates and solicitors, and
is presently the head of the Business Law group of the firm. He was admitted as
a solicitor in England and Wales in 1977 having graduated from Nottingham
University in 1974. He qualified as a solicitor of the Royal Court, Jersey in
1986. He spent seven years with an international investment management
headquartered in Jersey as both senior counsel and company secretary before
joining Ogier & Le Masurier as a partner in 1994. He holds a number of
directorships and is presently chairman of the audit committee of SVB Holdings
PLC.



Directorships

Details of all directorships held in other publicly quoted companies are as
follows;

      SVB Holdings PLC (current)

      Mellon Newton Universal Growth Funds Limited (resigned)



Other Disclosures

I would confirm that there are no other disclosures to be made under Paragraph
16.4 of the Listing Rules.



Retiring Director



Mr Bernard Louis Dubras has announced his intention to retire from the Board
with effect from 31st December, 2003.





P J ROUTIER

Company Secretary



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19th September, 2003



The Powerhouse

PO Box 45

Queens Road

St Helier

Jersey

JE4 8NY




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