Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Eden District Council as part of a batch sent to 181 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Eden District 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
Dear Requester
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
received on 16/Jan/2023. We have registered your request under reference
number FOI 08519 and would be grateful if you would please use this
reference and the email address [Eden District Council request email] on any future
correspondence relating to this request.
We aim to respond to your request no later than 14/Feb/2023.
Description of request:
1.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.
2. 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?
3. 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.
Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, we need to advise you that there are a number of exemptions
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which may prevent the release of
some or all of the information you have requested. Some exemptions are
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looking for on the searchable Disclosure Log: [1]Responses to Freedom of
Information Requests on our website.
Yours faithfully
Eden District Council
FOI Team
Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]
Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF
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Dear Eden District Council,
Thank you for taking the time to look at the FOI/EIR request I have submitted.
This is a polite reminder that the legal deadline by which you needed to respond to the FOI/EIR request was 13th February 2023, which has now passed.
I would be very grateful if you could ensure that you respond to this request as soon as you can.
All the best,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah
Thank you for your email.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request. We have issued reminders to officers and will forward their response when we receive it.
Regards
Eden District Council
FOI team
Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF
Tel: 01768 817817
E-mail: [Eden District Council request email]
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