FOI-2024-1739

You asked

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.

Please acknowledge this request within the legally required timeframe.

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 latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

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

11. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title at the very least

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.

Energy Management System Provider

1. Annual Spend

2. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

3. Contract Expiry Date

4. Contract start date

5. Contract Review Date

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

7. Brand of the software

8. Total number of meter points for electricity:

a. Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points

b. Half Hourly (HH) meter points

9. Total number of Gas meter points

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

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

We said

Thank you for your request. We have chosen to treat this request under the Environmental Information Regulation. Answers to your questions are as follows:

1. Energy Provider

Newport - Gas: Total Energies gas and power

Newport - Electric: EDF Energy

Titchfield Gas: Corona and Total Energies (Gas)

Titchfield Electric: EDF Energy

Christchurch Gas: British Gas

Christchurch Electric: EDF Energy

ONS are not responsible for utility provision at other offices we occupy and so can't provide data.

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

Newport - Electric

2021 to 2022 - £266,919.63

2022 to 2023 - £423,936.06

2023 to 2024 (to date) - £339,955.65

Newport - Gas

2021 to 2022 - £1,536.24

2022 to 2023 - £2,172.32

2023 to 2024 (to date) - £1199.33

Titchfield Electric

2021 to 2022 - £215,667

2022 to 2023 - £260,089

2023 to 2024 (to date) - £324,959

Titchfield Gas

2021 to 2022 - £51,465

2022 to 2023 - £65,586

2023 to 2024 (to date) = £72,739

Christchurch Electric

2021 to 2022 - £ 48,093.59

2022 to 2023 - £60,254.22

2023 to 2024 (to date) - £59,770.00

Christchurch Gas

2021 to 2022 - £29,572.90

2022 to 2023 - £44,524.23

2023 to 2024 (to date) - £32,822.50

3. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

4 years (as this is a cross government purchase of utilities led by Crown Commercial Service we do not have sight of contract extension provision).

4. Contract start date

21 February 2023

5. Contract Expiry Date

20 February 2027

6. Contract Review Dates

As this is a cross government purchase of utilities led by Crown Commercial Service we do not have sight of contract review date).

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

Newport Gas

2021 to 2022 - 1257

2022 to 2023 - 2022

2023 to 2024 (to date) - 11224.36

Titchfield Gas

2021 to 2022 - 1,433,366

2022 to 2023 - 1,198.823

2023 to 2024 - (to date) - 1,200,000

Christchurch Gas

2021 to 2022 - 485,702

2022 to 2023 - 188, 636

2023 to 2024 - (to date) - 126,696

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

Newport - Electric

2021 to 2022 - 1,469,029.00

2022 to 2023 - 1,801,360.02

2023 to 2024 (to date) - 1,026,645.70

Titchfield Electric

2021 to 2022 - 1,335,291

2022 to 2023 - 1,301,689

2023 to 2024 (to Date) - 1,193,334

Christchurch Electric

2021 to 2022 - 110,178

2022 to 2023 - 93,789

2023 to 2024 (to Date) - 124,800

Questions 7 and 11

We find that Regulation 13 applies as these contact details are personal data. We do not have energy management system contracts in place, and so the information for questions 1 to 7 and question 11 is information not held. Answers to questions 8 to 10 are as follows:

8. Total number of meter points for electricity

3

8a. Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points

0

8b. Half Hourly (HH) meter points

3

9. Total number of Gas meter points

3

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

0