Local Authority Electricity Generation Assets
Dear Lancaster City Council,
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?
Many thanks,
Rebecca Brown
Dear Rebecca Brown,
I write to confirm receipt of your request for information, which was
received on 10/02/2023 and can confirm that it is now being processed.
Your request has been given the unique reference number FOI/345 and you
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Regards,
Information Governance Team
Dear Rebecca Brown
Re: FOI/345
Thank you for your request received on 09/02/2023 in which you asked for
the following information from Lancaster City Council:
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?
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).
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