Freedom of information response

Energy Procurement and Decarbonisation

Publication date: 
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Request: 

Questions:--

1. How many Maintained schools are in your LEA area? 
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Energy Procurement:
How do you support schools in your area with procuring energy? In particular for Maintained Schools, do you: -

2. Allow schools to be part of your own corporate energy contracts (Y/N) 
3. Manage school energy procurement in bulk, outside of your own corporate contract (Y/ 
4. Advise or recommend 3rd party frameworks or brokers (Y/N) 
a. If so, which 3rd parties or frameworks(s)?
b. If the 3rd party is a broker what process was undertaken to appoint or recommend them? 
5. How do you support non-maintained schools such as Academies?
6. Any other Comments
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Energy savings and Decarbonisation:
How do you support schools in your area with procuring energy? In particular for Maintained Schools, do you: -

7. Include schools within your organisational carbon reduction or net zero targets? (Y/N) 
8. Consider schools as a part of your Corporate Estate and plan actions at schools alongside (say) civic offices? (Y/N) 
9. Offer a free service open to all maintained schools to help them reduce energy use and move towards net zero carbon? (Y/N) 
10. Offer a chargeable service open to maintained schools to help them reduce energy use and move towards net zero carbon? (Y/N) 
11. Provide an energy monitoring service to schools? (Y/N) 
12. We do not provide energy or carbon saving support to maintained schools (T/F) 
13. How do you support non-maintained schools such as Academies with Energy and Carbon Reduction? 
14. Any other comments? 
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Solar PV Panels:
Regarding rooftop solar panels in, how do you support Maintained schools in your area? In particular, do you: -

15. Provide a LEA operated scheme or service to install widespread solar panels? (Y/N) 
16. Support schools utilising 3rd party solar schemes which fund solar panels (such as rent a roof or PPA)? (Y/N) 
a. If so, which 3rd party schemes have you supported? 
17. Leave schools to develop their own plans and funding for rooftop solar panels? (Y/N) 
18. Approximately what percentage (or how many) of Maintained schools in your area have solar panels already installed? 
19. Any other comments? 
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LED Lighting
Regarding LED lighting installations, how do you support Maintained schools in your area? In particular, do you: -

20. Provide a LEA operated scheme or service to install LED lighting? (Y/N) 
21. Support schools utilising 3rd party LED installation providers? (Y/N) 
a. If so, which 3rd parties do you support? 
22. Leave schools to develop their own plans and funding for LED lighting? (Y/N) 
23. Approximately what percentage (or how many) of Maintained schools in your area have LED lighting already installed? 
24. Any other comments?

Response: 

The answer to question 1 is 0.

The answer to 5 and 13 is we do not provide support to non-maintained schools in this regard.

We do not have any maintained schools in Thurrock therefore the answer to every other question is N/A.

Request reference:
FOI 13283