Our Ref:
FOI 45149
Your Ref:
Please Contact:
LYDIA KITCHEN
Telephone:
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Date:
7 March 2023
Ms Rebecca Brown
Legal and Democratic Services
request-947926-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Information Governance Team
Town Hall
Crossley Street
HALIFAX
HX1 1UJ
Dear Ms Brown
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Request for information
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Request
In order to assist my research into Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from
their own energy assets I would be grateful if you could answer the following questions.
I am particularly looking at grid connected assets for example solar farms, wind turbines and
waste to energy plants, rather than rooftop solar installations which mostly supply electricity to
the building they occupy. I’d be grateful if you could answer the following questions: -
1) Do you own or operate electricity generation assets which export to the grid? 2) If so, what technologies? And are they ‘co-located’? E.g., a solar farm with a battery.
3) How much electricity (in kWh) would you expect to be exported, per asset, per year?
4) When were the assets commissioned?
5) What is the current contractual arrangement to sell the power, to whom is it sold and
what is the contract end date?
6) Does your local authority have any plans in place to acquire, build or invest in
electricity generation assets in the future?
Response
1) No
2) N/A
3) N/A
4) N/A
5) N/A
6) We have no plans at present
I hope this is helpful to you and any feedback from you would be welcomed.
If for any reason you are unhappy with our response, you are entitled to approach Tracie
Robinson, Corporate Information Manager, Calderdale MBC, Town Hall, Crossley Street,
Halifax HX1 1UJ to request an internal review. Please note your request must be made in
writing and submitted within two months of the date of this letter.
If you remain dissatisfied with our decision, under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information
Act you are entitled to contact the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
LYDIA KITCHEN
LYDIA KITCHEN
Information Governance Apprentice