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Dear Hull City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to enquire the following information relating to the installation and maintenance of street lights.

I would like to request:

1. Has the council installed any energy efficient street lighting in the last five years, such as replacing halogen bulbs with LED street lights?
2. If the council is in the process of installing any energy efficient street lighting, please confirm when the council started to do this and provide an estimate of when the council expects to have switched all street lights to energy efficient street lighting.
3. How much did the council spend on running, installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
4. How much does the council estimate they will spend on running, installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2018?
5. How many complaints were received in relation to new energy efficient street lighting, if any, during 2017?
6. Please estimate how much money the council currently saves following the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and annual basis?

If the following questions do not fall under your jurisdiction, please can you provide the name of the organisation and contact details who manage street lighting within your designated territory.

Yours faithfully,

Jenny Calnan

Information Governance, Hull City Council

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Information Governance, Hull City Council

Dear Ms Calnan,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 000234/18

 

We acknowledge receipt of your information request received on 05/02/2018
which is being processed according to the Freedom of Information Act
(2000)

The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond which takes us to
05/03/2018.  There are some circumstances under which this deadline may be
extended legally but we will inform you as soon as we know if these apply.

Questions

 

1.   Has the council installed any energy efficient street lighting in the
last five years, such as replacing halogen bulbs with LED street lights?

2.   If the council is in the process of installing any energy efficient
street lighting, please confirm when the council started to do this and
provide an estimate of when the council expects to have switched all
street lights to energy efficient street lighting.

3.   How much did the council spend on running, installing and maintaining
street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2015, 2016 and 2017?

4.    How much does the council estimate they will spend on running,
installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s
jurisdiction in 2018?

5.   How many complaints were received in relation to new energy efficient
street lighting, if any, during 2017?

6.   Please estimate how much money the council currently saves following
the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and
annual basis?

 

 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

Information Governance Team

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

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Information Governance, Hull City Council

Dear Ms Calnan

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 000234/18

 

With regard to your Freedom of Information request received on 5 February
2018, please find our response below.

 

 

1. Has the council installed any energy efficient street lighting in the
last five years, such as replacing halogen bulbs with LED street lights?

 

Yes.

 

2. If the council is in the process of installing any energy efficient
street lighting, please confirm when the council started to do this and
provide an estimate of when the council expects to have switched all
street lights to energy efficient street lighting.

 

The Council began this in December 2016 and expects to have switched all
street lights to energy efficient street lighting by late 2019, early
2020.

 

3. How much did the council spend on running, installing and maintaining
street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2015, 2016 and 2017?

 

2015 = £2.78m

2016 = £2.79m

2017 = we are unable to provide this figure until financial year end

 

4. How much does the council estimate they will spend on running,
installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s
jurisdiction in 2018?

 

We are unable to provide an opinion or judgement that is not already
recorded, particularly when the budgets have yet to be established.

 

5. How many complaints were received in relation to new energy efficient
street lighting, if any, during 2017?

 

14.

 

6. Please estimate how much money the council currently saves following
the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and
annual basis?

 

During installation of LED, we average a reduction of circa 350,000 to
400,000kWh per month.  The total energy reduction during 2017 was
4,736,268kWh.

 

 

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require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact
us. 

 

 

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government body established to enforce the legislation.

 

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Web site: [2]https://ico.org.uk

Report a concern: [3]https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Email: [4][email address]

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)

 

ICO states that any emails you choose to send to them, or that they send
to you, are not secure as email messages can be intercepted.  ICO asks
that you include a contact telephone number on any emails you send to
them. 

 

The Council’s Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[5]www.hullcc.gov.uk.  Also available is a booklet on ‘Accessing
Information from Hull City Council’ which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Information Governance Officer

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

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Dear Information Governance,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I have a query around your answer to question 6.

Please could you provide an estimate of how much money the council currently saves following
the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and annual basis? Your current answer refers to how much energy is saved, rather than amount of money.

Please can you clarify this.

Yours sincerely,

Jenny Calnan

Information Governance, Hull City Council

Dear Jenny,

Apologies for not answering question 6 correctly. The Council is currently charged via a half hourly tariff system which makes calculation very difficult. The reason for this is because different hours of the day/night have different rates for example we are charged more for early evening energy than through the night. A rough ball park figure would be 9pence per kWh, therefore 2017 will have seen circa a £426,264 saving which equates to approximately £35,500 per month during 2017.

Kind regards,

Information Governance
Town Clerk's Service
Hull City Council
Tel: 01482 300300

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