Gas and electricity supply
Case reference FOI2024/00795
Published 16 May 2024
Request
I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions relating to your electricity and gas contracts.
- Electricity Contracts
Please can you confirm the following information regarding the electricity contracts:
1. Who is your Electricity Supplier?
2. Do you purchase your electricity through a framework provider or third party broker?
3. Please confirm who the framework provider or broker is?
4. What is the contract end date of your electricity contract?
5. What is the estimated annual spend of the electricity contract?
6. Approximately how many non-half-hourly electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
7. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of non-half-hourly electricity supplies in kWHs?
8. Approximately how many half-hourly electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
9. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of HH electricity supplies in kWHs?
10. Approximately how many unmetered electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
11. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of unmetered electricity supplies in kWHs?
- Gas Contracts
Please can you confirm the following information regarding the gas contracts:
12. Who is your Gas Supplier?
13. Do you purchase your gas through a framework provider or third party broker?
14. Please confirm who the framework provider or broker is?
15. What is the contract end date of your gas contract?
16. What is the estimated annual spend of the gas contract?
17. Approximately how many gas electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
18. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of gas supplies in kWHs?
- Energy Management Systems or Energy Bureau Provider
Please can you confirm the following information regarding your energy management system or energy bureau provider?
19. Do you utilise an energy management or energy bureau software?
20. Is this service managed in house or through an external provider?
21. If an external provider, please confirm who the supplier is?
22. If an external provider, what is the contract end date of your agreement with them?
Response
I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions relating to your electricity and gas contracts.
- Electricity Contracts
Please can you confirm the following information regarding the electricity contracts:
1. Who is your Electricity Supplier?
A) Npower
2. Do you purchase your electricity through a framework provider or third party broker?
A) Yes
3. Please confirm who the framework provider or broker is?
A) WME
4. What is the contract end date of your electricity contract?
A) 31/03/2028
5. What is the estimated annual spend of the electricity contract?
A) The Service Area have advised that estimated spend is difficult to determine as it depends on the period in question and, given the volatile markets over recent years, can vary significantly year on year. However, for the financial year 2023/24, the annual spend was £978,000.
6. Approximately how many non-half-hourly electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
A) 103
7. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of non-half-hourly electricity supplies in kWHs?
A) 1,214,057 kWHs
8. Approximately how many half-hourly electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
A) 19
9. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of HH electricity supplies in kWHs?
A) 1,802,639 kWHs
10. Approximately how many unmetered electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
A) 5
11. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of unmetered electricity supplies in kWHs?
A) 1,647,428 kWHs
- Gas Contracts
Please can you confirm the following information regarding the gas contracts:
12. Who is your Gas Supplier?
A) Total Energies
13. Do you purchase your gas through a framework provider or third party broker?
A) Yes
14. Please confirm who the framework provider or broker is?
A) WME
15. What is the contract end date of your gas contract?
A) 31/03/2026
16. What is the estimated annual spend of the gas contract?
A) The Service Area have advised that estimated spend is difficult to determine as it depends on the period in question and, given the volatile markets over recent years, can vary significantly year on year. However, for the financial year 2023/24, the annual spend was £363,000.
17. Approximately how many gas electricity supplies do you have in your portfolio?
A) 39
18. Approximately, what is the annual consumption of gas supplies in kWHs?
A) 3,701,466 kWHs
- Energy Management Systems or Energy Bureau Provider
Please can you confirm the following information regarding your energy management system or energy bureau provider?
19. Do you utilise an energy management or energy bureau software?
A) Yes
20. Is this service managed in house or through an external provider?
A) External
21. If an external provider, please confirm who the supplier is?
A) WME
22. If an external provider, what is the contract end date of your agreement with them?
A) 31/03/2028
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