FOI23/24 137 Energy Management System Contracts

Date published: 05/02/2024

FOI reference: 23/24 137

Date received: 22/01/2024

Date responded: 05/02/2024

Information requested

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.

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

       Annual Spend
       Contract Duration (Including any extensions)
       Contract Expiry Date
       Contract start date
       Contract Review Date
       Contract Description – A description of the services provided.
       Brand of the software
       Total number of meter points for electricity:
       Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meter points
       Half Hourly (HH) meter points
       Total number of Gas meter points
   Total number of meter points for specialist gases and liquids
   Contact details of the person responsible, including job title

Response

Due to the nature of the requests, we feel that the requests should be considered under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs) rather than under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Under the EIRs when a public authority does not hold the information requested, the exception in Regulation 10(4)(a) will apply.

For questions 1 to 6 inclusive, there is no contract and as such we do not hold any information and accordingly are unable to provide any information.

When applying an exception under the EIRs, the public interest test must be applied. In this case as there is no contract, and accordingly no information is held, the public interest is in the application of the exception.

For questions 8a and 10 , there are none of those types of meters and as such there is no information available. Exception 10(4)(a) applies, and the public interest is in the application of the exception being applied.

Annual Spend