Energy Supply Contracts

Please provide me with the following information: 

Who, in your organisation, is responsible for deciding how your energy is bought?  Please provide the full name, title, email address and telephone number.

Energy contract: Gavin Punchard; email gavin.punchard@devon.gov.uk

Energy management: Alastair Mumford; email Alastair.mumford@devon.gov.uk

Both can be contacted via telephone on 01392 383000 (ask by name)

For each of these commodities – electricity, gas and water – please can you answer the following questions:

What is your current contract term – start date (DD/MM/YYYY) to end date (DD/MM/YYYY)? 

Gas & Electricity start date 01/04/2016 to 30/09/2019,

Water no contract at present only recently de-regulated.

Do you have any options to extend?  If so, what are they?

Gas & Electricity option to extend up to a maximum term of 7 years

Water we do not hold this information.

What is your termination notice period? 

When the contract ends

Who is your supplier?

Laser Energy (Kent County Council) with Gas supplied by Total Gas and Electricity by Npower.

Water we do not hold this information.

How many meters do you have?

Gas & Electricity Approximately 250 meters

Water we do not hold this information

What is your annual spend?

Gas & Electricity approximately £1,242,000

Water £1.6m includes maintained schools

What is your consumption?

Gas & Electricity approximately 19,020,000 kwh per annum

Water we do not hold this information

Do you currently procure your energy through a framework / PBO (Public Buying Organisation)? If so, which one?

No

Devon County Council undertook an OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) procurement process.

Do you use a consultancy to facilitate your energy procurement?  If so, who?

No

Are you happy with your supplier?

We do not hold this information – see previous answers.

Are you happy with your PBO?

We do not hold this information – see previous answers

Are you happy with your consultancy?

We do not hold this information – see previous answers

What do you think makes a good Supplier?

We do not hold this information – see previous answers

What do you think makes a good PBO?

We do not hold this information – see previous answers