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Pensioner told to pay £67,000 for electricity
A 74 year old from the Downhill area of County Londonderry has been living for 27 years without electricity has been told he will need to pay nearly £70,000 to the NIE electricity board to wire his house to the grid.
John McCarter, 74, has no central heating at his Downhill home and uses bottled gas and candles for light. The electricity company said “the cost was so high because cables would have to go underground because he lives in an area of special scientific interest.”
Mr McCarter said his bones were “starting to feel the cold now”.
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