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:
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?
No.
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 this/these energy from waste electricity sources?
We generate energy from waste, but we do not use it ourselves.
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?
Yes. The Council generated and purchased directly 0.22GWh of renewable electricity. This is 1.4% of the authority’s electricity consumption in 2023/24.