Council electricity tariffs and renewable electricity generation
Dear Harlow 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
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Dear Hannah,
Your Freedom of Information request has been logged under reference RFI479081813
Please quote the above reference number should you require any further information, we will respond within 20 working days.
How will we use your personal information?
Harlow Council will process the personal information you have provided under Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) for the purposes of processing this request for information. The information is also used to compile statistics for use by Harlow Council, however, this does not include information that will identify you as an individual.
Although it is not our intention to collect any other personal information and/or sensitive personal information (e.g. in respect of race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or similar beliefs; physical or mental health or condition; sexual history or orientation; trade union membership), you may provide information of this type inadvertently in your response(s) to particular areas of this form (for example Part 5 'Do you have any special needs when viewing the information or in what format it is provided?'). Any sensitive personal information collected will be kept confidential and secure and will not be shared with any third parties.
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Your information will be shared with the relevant departments of Harlow Council in order to provide the information you have requested. Your information will also be shared where the Council is under a legal obligation to do so, for example between our services and with other official organisations, such as the Police and other government bodies.
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Best wishes,
Contact Harlow
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Dear Hannah,
Please find response to your request attached.
Regards,
Miroslav Sihelsky
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager
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