Details of Bute House energy tariffs: FOI release

Information requested

1) The energy tariff and supplier currently used by Bute House, how long it has been with that supplier/tariff, the dates of any changes and the names of previous suppliers and tariffs. For clarity, please provide this information for gas and electricity if there are two distinct suppliers.

2) Please also provide the cost of electricity bills for Bute House for the last five financial years and include an estimate for the current financial year.

Response

The answer to your question is:

1) Gas and electric for Bute House are procured via the Scottish Government national public sector framework. Details of the current suppliers can be found here: Scottish Government frameworks and contracts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Previous suppliers were:-

Electricity
EDF were the Supplier for the Electricity framework from 2013 to 2019 and won the tender exercise of the current framework from 2019 to 2024.

Natural Gas
Total Energies Gas & Power were the Supplier for the Natural Gas framework from 2014 to 2020 and won the tender exercise of the current framework from 2020 to 2024. There is a 12 month extension available to 2025.

The frameworks do not generate an energy ‘tariff’, as this would normally include a standing charge which is variable, as its site specific.

Energy Tariffs for Bute House are:-

Gas

Financial Year	Tariff	CCL	Daily
2022-23	£0.053259	£0.00568	£4.76
2021-22	£0.01605	£0.00465	£3.26
2020-21	£0.015372	£0.00406	£3.00
2019-20	£0.01984	£0.00339	£2.29

Electric

Financial Year	Tariff	CCL	Daily
2022-23	£0.17079	£0.00775	£0.32
2021-22	£0.14873	£0.00775	£0.09
2020-21	£0.14432	£0.00811	£0.0949
2019-20	£0.15112	£0.00847	£0.05

The Scottish Government does not have tariff details before 2019-20 because the utility bills for Bute House were administered by Historic Environment Scotland at this time.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.

However, you may wish to contact Historic Environment Scotland at foi@hes.scot who may be able to help you.

2) The cost of electricity bills for Bute House for the last five financial years and an estimate for the current financial year.

Financial Year	Oct 2017 to March 2018	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23 (Estimated)
Total Cost of Electricity	£4,968	£5,477	£4,698	£6,660	£8,417	£8,837

The Scottish Government does not have electricity bills before October 2017 because the utility bills for Bute House were administered by Historic Environment Scotland at this time.

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.

However, you may wish to contact Historic Environment Scotland at foi@hes.scot who may be able to help you.

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