Agenda item

Joint report of the Town Clerk, Chamberlain and the City Surveyor.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Town Clerk, Chamberlain and City Surveyor proposing the adoption of a Renewable Electricity Policy and Renewable Electricity Sourcing Strategy.

It was observed that it would not be possible in practice to differentiate which sources of energy were being used by the City Corporation, as both renewable and non-renewable energy sources were mixed together in the National Grid and the City Corporation would have no control over the type of energy received. The Head of Procurement acknowledged this but noted that the policy would ensure that the City Corporation contributed an amount of renewable electricity into the grid which was directly proportionate to the total amount of electricity it used, thus acting as an off-setting mechanism.

RESOLVED: That approval be given to:-

·      the adoption of the Renewable Electricity Policy & Sourcing Strategy as set out in the report;

·      a budget of £25,000 from Policy Committee contingency for the implementation of the Renewable Electricity Policy in 2018-19; and,

·      a permanent increase in the baseline budget of up to £50,000 per annum from 2019/20 onwards to fund the renewable electricity.