FI15362

Request

I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding information related to the organisation’s gas and electricity contracts, as well as details on the energy management system.

**Gas and Electricity Contracts: **

1. Energy Provider

2. Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years.

3. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

4. Contract start date

5. Contract Expiry Date

6. Contract Review Dates

7. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

8. Total Consumption of Gas, please provide me with the latest figure in cubic metres.

9. Total Consumption of Electricity (NHH), please provide me with the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

10. Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

Energy Management System Contract(s) - Contract(s) relating to the organisation’s energy management system. An energy management system (EMS) is a system of computer-aided tools used by operators of electric utility grids to monitor, control, and optimise the performance of the generation or transmission system. 

If the organisation does not have an Energy Management System, please confirm when this will be implemented. It would be great if you mention the tentative date/month. 

Energy Management System

1.      Provider name

2.       Annual Spend

3.       Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

4.       Contract Expiry Date

5.       Contract start date

6.       Contract Review Date

7.       Contract Description – A description of the services provided.

8.       Brand of the software

9.       Total number of meter points for electricity:

a.       Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points

b.       Half Hourly (HH) meter points

10.       Total number of Gas meter points

11.   Total number of meter points for specialist gases and liquids

12.   Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

Response

Gas and Electricity Contracts

1. Electricity – Npower Ltd and Gas – Total Energies Gas & Power Ltd

2. Npower Ltd – 2021/22 = £300,00, 2022/23 = £400,000 and 2023/24 = £588,000 and Total Gas & Power Ltd - 2021/22 = £92,000, 2022/23 = £214,000 and 2023/24 = £220,000

3. 4 years.

4. 1 October 2024.

5. 30 September 2028.

6. Summer 2027.

7. The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the Council considers the names and contact details of individual members of staff to be personal data.  The names of staff working in public authorities are personal data as defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles.  You can contact the responsible person at procurement@dover.gov.uk

8. 2021/22 – 2825572.55 kwh, 2022/23 – 2285977.51 kwh and 2023/24 - 2256652 kwh

9. This is the total for both NHH & HH as we do not have the separate data available: 2021/22 – 1630775 kwh, 2022/23 – 1397957 kwh and 2023/24 - 1640166 kwh

10. See response above in point 9. 

Energy Management System 

1. LASER.

2. This is incorporated into the overall bill and not recorded separately.

3. 4 years.

4. 30 September 2028.

5. 1 October 2024.

6. Summer 2027.

7. The Fully Managed service provides an end-to-end solution for both energy procurement and on-going portfolio management requirements; with a dedicated team managing all bill validation, day-to-day queries and reporting requirements on our behalf. The service is designed to ensure customers only receive validated, accurate bills and cost saving opportunities are maximised.

8. LASER.

9. (a) 241 (b) 7

10. 17.

11. Zero.

12. The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the Council considers the names and contact details of individual members of staff to be personal data.  The names of staff working in public authorities are personal data as defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles.  You can contact the responsible person at procurement@dover.gov.uk