Information on gas and electricity contracts- Education Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

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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.

Response

Gas and Electricity Contracts.

Please find below some of the information you have requested.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Education Scotland does not have the information you have requested on total consumption of electricity and gas contracts.

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

		Electricity				Gas
1.	Energy Provider	EDF Energy Ltd				N/A
2.	Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years		2020-2021	£38,776.42		N/A
			2021-2022	£47,771.15
			2022-2023	£1,757.26
			2023-Present	£346.25
3.	Contract Duration (Including any extensions)	60 months + 36 months				N/A
4.	Contract start date	1 April 2019				N/A
5.	Contract expiry date	31 March 2024				N/A
6.	Contract review dates	This contract has been reviewed and will not be				N/A
		renewed. The current contract was called off via the SG Electricity contract. The Scottish Government will review the contract dates - https://www.gov.scot/publications/electricity- framework-agreement/
7.	Contact details of the person responsible, including job title	Facilities Manager, contact via email at enquiries@educationscotland.gov.scot				N/A
8.	Total Consumption of Gas, please provide me with the latest figure in cubic metres	N/A				N/A
9.	Total Consumption of Electricity (NHH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years	Information not held.				N/A
10.	Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years	Information not held. Total 3 year consumption for all accommodation is 967,282 kWh				N/A
11.	Contact details of the person responsible, including job title	Facilities Manager, contact via email at enquiries@educationscotland.gov.scot				N/A

Energy Management System Provider.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Education Scotland does not have the information you have requested as we do not have one of these systems.

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

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.

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