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City Leap Power Purchase Agreement

05/03/2024 - City Leap Power Purchase Agreement

That Cabinet:

1.      Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing Services and Energy, to progress and negotiate long-term Power Purchase Agreements between the council and Bristol City Leap in accordance with the terms of the City Leap Concession agreement, in order to enable the supply of electricity to council sites, the final entry in to such agreements being subject to further cabinet or committee authority as appropriate.

2.      Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing Services and Energy, to progress and negotiate long-term Power Purchase Agreements between the council and winning bidder(s) to provide zero-carbon electricity to BCC sites under the previously established Generation Dynamic Purchasing System, the final entry in to such agreements being subject to further cabinet or committee authority as appropriate.

3.      Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing Services and Energy, to progress and negotiate leasing arrangements for council-owned sites identified for large scale renewable energy generation, the final entry in to such agreements being subject to further cabinet or committee authority as appropriate.

4.      Authorised the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing Services and Energy, to progress and negotiate energy efficiency investment arrangements between the council and Bristol City Leap in accordance with the terms of the City Leap concession agreement, in order to enable investment in energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures at council sites. Individual projects which would require a key decision under the current system of governance would need further cabinet or committee authority as appropriate.