Gas and electricity contracts and the energy management system

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.038245

I note you seek access to the following information:

I am writing to request regarding information related to the organisation’s gas and electricity contracts, as well as details on the energy management system.

**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. I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.

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
12. Annual Spend. I am seeking past 3 years information (2021 to 2023).
13. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)
14. Contract Expiry Date
15. Contract start date
16. Contract Review Date
17. Contract Description – A description of the services provided.
18. Brand of the software
19. Total number of meter points for electricity:
a. Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points
b. Half Hourly (HH) meter points
20. Total number of Gas meter points
21. Total number of meter points for specialist gases and liquids
22. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title. I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.
- I am seeking past 3 years information (2021 to 2023)
- I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

**Gas and Electricity Contracts: **
Q1 - Energy Provider

Please see table below

Q2 - Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years.

Please see table below

Q3 - Contract Duration (Including any extensions)

This an evergreen agreement under a Crown Commercial Services Framework

Q4 - Contract start date

September 2011

Q5 - Contract Expiry Date

There is no contract expiry date as it is a rolling contract.

Q6 - Contract Review Dates

The contract is reviewed every September

Q7 - Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

Head of Carbon, Energy & Sustainability, [email protected]

Q8 - Total Consumption of Gas, please provide me with the latest figure in cubic metres.

See Data Table, data is in kWh. Data not held in m3.

Q9 - Total Consumption of Electricity (NHH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

See Data Table. The exact split is not available, however 3.8% of the total is estimated to be NHH.

Q10 - Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

See Data Table. The exact split is not available, however 96.2% of the total is estimated to be HH.

Q11 - Contact details of the person responsible, including job title at the very least. I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.

Head of Carbon, Energy & Sustainability, [email protected]

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
12. Annual Spend. I am seeking past 3 years information (2021 -2023).
13. Contract Duration (Including any extensions)
14. Contract Expiry Date
15. Contract start date
16. Contract Review Date
17. Contract Description – A description of the services provided.
18. Brand of the software
19. Total number of meter points for electricity:
a. Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points
b. Half Hourly (HH) meter points
20. Total number of Gas meter points
21. Total number of meter points for specialist gases and liquids
22. Contact details of the person responsible, including job title. I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.
-- I am seeking past 3 years information (2021 -2023)
-- I understand that you cannot provide me with the full contact details, but can you at least provide me with their actual job title.

In regards to questions 12 to 22 above, the Metropolitan Police Service do not hold the requested information. This is due to the fact that the MPS does not operate an Energy Management System, as defined in your question.

Data Table
	Year to end 31-March-22	Year to end 31-March-23	Year to end 31-March-24
Q1 - Energy Supplier: Electricity:	EDF Energy	EDF Energy	EDF Energy
Q1 - Energy Supplier: Gas	Corona Energy	Total Gas & Power	Total Gas & Power
Q2 - Electricity Cost (£k)	£13,710	£18,267	£23,136
Q2 - Gas Cost (£k)	£2,666	£3,815	£3,883
Q8 - Total gas (kwh)	90,197,435	79,440,734	77,601,563
Q9 and Q10 - Total electricity (kwh)	98,292,659	100,187,120	97,799,945