Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation

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Climate Emergency UK

Dear Brentwood 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, Brentwood Borough Council

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Reference: FOI-479428773
Date of request: 18/01/2023
Title of request: Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity
generation

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Reference: FOI-479428773
Date of request: 18/01/2023
Title of request: Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity
generation
Information request:

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.

 

Dear Hannah Jewell,

Thank you for your submitted request of 18th January 2023 where you
requested information about renewable and waste electricty sources. 

The information you requested is enclosed below:

 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 information is not currently available.

 b. Does the Council generate and use electricity from waste? And if so,
what percentage of the Council’s total electricity use is powered by
these energy from waste electricity sources? The Council does not
generate any electricity from waste at this time.

 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? The Council does not it
electricity from a local renewable sources nor does it have its own
renewable energy source.

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Additional information supplied in the Right of Reply: As stated in the Councils Sustainability Strategy Council electricity is 'zero carbon' for business see page 11.
https://www.brentwood.gov.uk/sites/defau...

Energycentric, the council provider confirmed the council electricity is “Zero Carbon for Business