FOI – 2024-000392 Gas and Electricity Contract (HTML)

Date received – 26 November 2024 | Date responded – 19 December 2024

Request

You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the information below. 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 the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.
10. Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

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.

If the organisation does not have an Energy Management System, please confirm when this will be implemented. It would be great if you mention the tentative date/month.

Response

I refer to your freedom of information request that we received on 26 November 2024 requesting the following information:

"You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the information below. 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 the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.
10. Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with the latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years.

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.

If the organisation does not have an Energy Management System, please confirm when this will be implemented. It would be great if you mention the tentative date/month."

We have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:

1. Energy Provider

• Electricity Supplier – EDF Energy
• Gas Supplier – Total Energies

2. Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years.

Supplier: EDF Energy

• 2021/22: £1,445,533
• 2022/23: £1,553,213
• 2023/24: £2,519,391

Supplier: Total Energies

• 2021/22: £300,327
• 2022/23: £846,863
• 2023/24: £739,242

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

In answer to the above questions 3-7, under section 25 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 (FOISA), NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) are exempt from supplying the requested information, as this information is already available in the public domain.

The energy contracts for both gas and electricity are managed by the Scottish Government under Category A Frameworks. Please see the links below:

• Framework scope and benefits - Procurement - supply of electricity framework SP-21-052: buyer guide - gov.scot
• Procurement - natural gas: framework agreement - gov.scot

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

The total consumption of Gas (M3) as of September 2024 is 43,956.

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

Total Consumption (Non HH) kWh

• 2021/22: 198,086
• 2022/23: 190,434
• 2023/24: 180,399
• Total: 568,919

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

Total Consumption (HH) kWh

• 2021/22: 11,763,264
• 2022/23: 7,758,992
• 2023/24: 7,240,999
• Total: 26,763,255

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.

If the organisation does not have an Energy Management System, please confirm when this will be implemented. It would be great if you mention the tentative date/month.

NSS do not operate an Energy Management System (EMS) and have no plans to do so in the future.

I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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