Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 151 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s electricity sources in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by an estates department or similar.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
a. Does the council have a 100% renewable green electricity tariff for all of the electricity that the council is directly responsible for, and is this tariff with Green Energy UK plc, Good Energy Limited or Ecotricity?
This includes all electricity that the council is directly responsible for, in council offices and any other buildings leased and managed by the council where the council pays the electricity tariff. This does not include homes owned or managed by the council. If unsure, please state your provider and tariff.
b. Does the council generate and use energy from waste? And if so, what percentage of the council’s total electricity use is powered by these energy from waste electricity sources?
c. Does the council buy directly from a local renewable electricity source or have its own renewable electricity sources? And if so, what percentage of the council's total electricity use is powered by this/these renewable electricity sources?
This includes council owned renewable electricity sources that are located outside of the council area, such as solar farms located further south to maximise electricity generation.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
FOI request - Ref FOI/23/0043
I wish to acknowledge receipt of your request for information. We note that you have submitted six FOIs therefore, to ensure you receive a full and accurate response we have combined them all, and will process them as one FOI.
I have asked the relevant officers of the Authority to commence enquiries immediately to find all applicable information relating to your request under the FOI Act and to supply any which is found to you.
Your request has to be processed within a maximum of 20 working days, which means the Council must provide you with the information it has (assuming no exemptions are claimed) by 13/02/2023. If it is possible to provide you with the information within a shorter timescale then that will be done.
Should you have any queries about this matter please don't hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards
FOI Officer
Good morning
Please find our response attached. Apologies for the slight delay
Kind regards
Business Support Officer
Resources Business Support Team
Redcar & Cleveland House
Kirkleatham Street
Redcar
Yorkshire
TS10 1RT
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