Thank you for your request under the Environmental Information Regulations.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 - 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. *Gas and Electricity Contracts: ** Energy Provider?
Electricity - Npower
Gas - Total Gas
Question 2 - Annual Spend for each provider for the past 3 financial years?
Electricity Spend (£) 2020/2021 482,243.00
2021/2022 492,475.00
2022/2023 757,394.00
Gas 2020/2021 163,551.00
2021/2022 194,738.00
2022/2023 376,357.00
Question 3 – Contract Duration (including any extensions)?
4 Years.
Question 4/5 - Contract Start and Expiry Date? 1st Oct 2020 – 30th September 2024.
Question 6 - Contract Review Dates?
August 2023.
Question 7 – Contact details of the person responsible, including job title?
All enquiries should be emailed to our Property Services Department property.services.helpdesk@essex-fire.gov.uk .
Question 8 - Total Consumption of Gas, please provide me with the latest figure in cubic metres?
56 individual gas meters with a total annual consumption of 5,247,972kWh.
Question 9 - Total Consumption of Electricity (NHH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years?
46 individual electricity meters with a total annual consumption of 1,174,542kWh
Question 10 - Total Consumption of Electricity (HH), please provide me with latest figure in kWh for the past 3 financial years?
11 individual electricity meters with a total annual consumption of 1,864,566kWh
Question 11 - Contact details of the person responsible, including job title at the very least
All enquiries should be emailed to our Property Services Department property.services.helpdesk@essex-fire.gov.uk .
Question 12 - 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.
The Energy Management System is included in the contracts referred to in question 1 above.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.gov.uk) .
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, System & Data Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
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