Decision Maker: Executive Member for Managing our Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To authorise the acceptance of an offer for
external funding from the Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Scheme
Phase 3b.
To authorise the Corporate Director -
Strategic Resources to accept the Public Sector Decarbonisation
Fund Phase 3b (PSHDS3b) grant, following confirmation that
NYCC’s application has been successful.
This funding stream is being made available by Government
department Business Energy and Industrial Strategy to assist the
decarbonising public sector properties heating. This particular
phase is aimed at assisting the removal of end of life gas and oil
boilers to be replaced by lower carbon technologies such as heat
pumps.
Following successful confirmation of
NYCC’s grant application to the Public Sector Decarbonisation
Fund Phase 3b a decision has been made to accept the grant of
£398,420, to undertake the installation of low carbon heating
(Air Source Heat Pumps) in four corporate properties. The corporate
properties have been identified on the basis of their current
levels of energy utilisation and carbon emissions and the ease of
installations of proposed technologies. The work will be undertaken
between the date of acceptance of the offer and the 31st March 2024
in line with the grant T&Cs.
Applicants are expected to contribute to the costs of the project
what would have been spent on a like for like replacement of a
gas/oil boiler, therefore the county council contribution is
expected to be £234,992 from the Property service
budget.
The application to submit an application for the Public Sector
Decarbonisation Fund Phase 3b was a Key Decision and entered on the
Forward Plan in June 2022, with a Decision made to submit the
application on the 16th September 2022. The acceptance of the grant
was entered on the Forward Plan on the 14th March 2023 as soon as
the grant offer letter was received with this requesting urgency
and call in exception as the grant funding offer letter needs to be
signed within 10 business days from the date of the letter or the
grant funding will expire.
To not accept the grant.
Publication date: 22/03/2023
Date of decision: 22/03/2023
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