Are the council's operations powered by renewable energy?

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has a green tariff that is 100% renewable or if the council creates its own energy equivalent to 20% of more of its energy consumption through energy from waste.

Additional points awarded if the council has a green tariff with Green Energy UK plc, Good Energy Limited or Ecotricity, or if the council creates its own renewable energy equivalent to 20% or its energy consumption. This could be through on-site energy generation, or if the council has built or bought a solar/wind farm elsewhere.

Clarifications

This includes all energy that the council is directly responsible for, in council offices and any other buildings leased and managed by the council where the council pays the energy tariff.
This includes all electricity used in these buildings (not gas).
This does not include homes owned or managed by the council.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution single tier councils

0 points

79 single tier councils

1 point

100 single tier councils

2 points

3 single tier councils

Scores and evidence single tier councils

Council	Score	Evidence
Monmouthshire County Council Score 2023 2/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	2/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 2/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	2/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Warrington Borough Council Score 2023 2/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	2/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Angus Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bath and North East Somerset Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bedford Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Birmingham City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Blackpool Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bradford Metropolitan District Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bridgend County Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Brighton and Hove City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Bristol City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Buckinghamshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Caerphilly County Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Cardiff Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Carmarthenshire County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Central Bedfordshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence moderngov.cheshireeast.gov.uk	1/2	moderngov.cheshireeast.gov.uk
Cheshire West and Chester Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
City of London Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
City of York Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Cornwall Council (Unitary) Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Denbighshire County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Dorset Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Dundee City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Durham County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
East Renfrewshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Flintshire County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Gwynedd County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Hartlepool Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Herefordshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Isle of Anglesey County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Isle of Wight Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Isles of Scilly Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com scilly.gov.uk	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com scilly.gov.uk
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Kirklees Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Leicester City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Camden Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Ealing Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Enfield Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Hackney Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Haringey Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com haringey.gov.uk	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com haringey.gov.uk
London Borough of Harrow Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence harrow.gov.uk	1/2	harrow.gov.uk
London Borough of Hounslow Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Islington Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Lambeth Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Lewisham Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Newham Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence	1/2
London Borough of Redbridge Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com redbridge.gov.uk	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com redbridge.gov.uk
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Southwark Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Sutton Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
London Borough of Wandsworth Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Manchester City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Middlesbrough Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Newport City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
North East Lincolnshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
North Lincolnshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
North Somerset Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Nottingham City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence	1/2
Pembrokeshire County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Peterborough City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Portsmouth City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Powys County Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence	1/2
Reading Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Redcar and Cleveland Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com my.rbwm.gov.uk	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com my.rbwm.gov.uk
Salford City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Sheffield City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Shetland Islands Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com sheap-ltd.co.uk gov.scot	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com sheap-ltd.co.uk gov.scot
Shropshire Council - Unitary Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Slough Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
South Gloucestershire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
South Tyneside Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Stirling Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Sunderland City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Telford & Wrekin Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Vale of Glamorgan Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
West Berkshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
West Dunbartonshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Westminster City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
West Northamptonshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Wiltshire Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Wirral Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Wolverhampton City Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com
Wrexham County Borough Council Score 2023 1/2 Difference Evidence whatdotheyknow.com yourvoicewrexham.com	1/2	whatdotheyknow.com yourvoicewrexham.com
Aberdeen City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Aberdeenshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Argyll and Bute Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Bracknell Forest Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Ceredigion County Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
City of Edinburgh Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Clackmannanshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Conwy County Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Coventry City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Darlington Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
Derby City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Dumfries and Galloway Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
East Ayrshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
East Dunbartonshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
East Lothian Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Falkirk Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Fife Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Glasgow City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Halton Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Inverclyde Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Leeds City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Liverpool City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Barnet Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Bexley Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Brent Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Bromley Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Croydon Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Havering Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Hillingdon Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
London Borough of Merton Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
London Borough of Waltham Forest Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Luton Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Medway Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Midlothian Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Milton Keynes Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
North Ayrshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
North Lanarkshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
North Northamptonshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Northumberland Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Orkney Islands Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Perth and Kinross Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Plymouth City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Renfrewshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Royal Borough of Greenwich Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Rutland County Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Scottish Borders Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Southampton City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
South Ayrshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
South Lanarkshire Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Swansea City Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	No response
Swindon Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
The Highland Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
The Moray Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Thurrock Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Torbay Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Torfaen County Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
West Lothian Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met
Wokingham Borough Council Score 2023 0/2 Difference	0/2	Criteria not met