LGOIMA Request Details: LG2028
Date received: 11/10/2021
Requested information: Fossil fuel usage and plans to transition off fossil fuels
Status: Complete
Date responded: 27/10/2021
Response:
Good morning, Emily
Our responses to your questions are below in red.
1. A list of all facilities, as well as administrative & miscellaneous buildings owned or administered by your Council that burn fossil fuels or that are heated by fossil fuels burned offsite (for example, in an energy centre that supplies heat to your facility), with a breakdown for each such facility of fossil fuel type, region, size of heat plant (MW), CO2 emissions, and any Discharge to Air consents held for this activity.
Attached please find Attachment A which is a list of all the MDC facilities that have natural gas supplying them.
1.Manawatu District Council does not have any consent for the discharge to air for any of its fossil fuel use.
2. An outline of any plans that your Council or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority have to transition these institutions off fossil fuels, including the names of these institutions, the proposed timing of the transition, and the transition plan.
Manawatu District Council does not have any plans for the transitioning away from these fuel sources.