Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Stockton on Tees 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 Stockton on Tees 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
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Dear Hannah Jewell
Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004 – Ref: 2264/2223
Thank you for your correspondence received on 16 January 2023.
Your requested information is being considered. You will receive the
information within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.
However, please note there are a number of reasons why we may not be able
to release your requested information. If the information cannot be
released, or only released in part you will be informed of the reasons
why, together with any rights of appeal.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Team
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Telephone: 01642 527521 I Email: [1][email address] I Web:
[2]www.stockton.gov.uk
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Dear Hannah Jewell,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Ref: 2264/2223
Thank you for your correspondence received on 16 January 2023.
In response to your request, I can now provide the attached information:
I would like information about your Council in relation to climate action
for the Council Climate Action Scorecards.
If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.
However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint to [1][email address]
If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website:
[2]www.ico.org.uk.
The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel
Daniel Magnone
Information Governance Team
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Telephone: 01642 527521 I Email: [3][email address] I
Web: [4]www.stockton.gov.uk
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