Issue - meetings
Local Area Energy Plan
Meeting: 08/03/2023 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency (Item 16)
16 Local Area Energy Plan (15:30) 
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This report outlines York’s Local Area Energy Plan, which is holistic spatial approach to decarbonising an area’s energy system, and provides a pipeline of investable projects to support the energy transition.
Additional documents:
- Annex A- LAEP Overarching Report, item 16
PDF 6 MB
- Annex B - LAEP Modelling Approach, item 16
PDF 2 MB
- Annex C - LAEP York 2030 Ambition, item 16
PDF 1 MB
- Annex D - LAEP York Chapter, item 16
PDF 8 MB
- Annex E - Equalities Impact Assessment - LAEP, item 16
PDF 494 KB
View as HTML (16/6) 125 KB
Decision:
Resolved:
i. That the publication of the York Local Area Energy Plan be approved.
Reason: To support the accelerated decarbonisation to achieve the council ambition for York to be net zero by 2030.
Minutes:
The Executive Member considered a report which summarised the outcome of York’s Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) and its process to support the accelerated decarbonisation of the city’s energy system towards achieving net zero by 2030.
The Head of Carbon Reduction presented the report, where he explained the importance of the Plan and noted that it had raised some significant challenges for York due to requirements for 73,000 heat pump installations and 91,000 fully electric vehicles, amongst others. He went on to explain that the LAEP would also provide opportunities through the creation of new markets and employment opportunities, inward investment, and cleaner air.
The Officer stated that the Council has already received investment of over £300 million in the last 18 months to deliver programmes and projects that contribute to the decarbonisation of York’s energy system but added that the plan would require an overall investment of around £3.8 billion. He then explained that some of the priority projects, including studies for solar and wind feasibility, were already in progress and that the LAEP was being used to secure funding from Innovate UK and for funding applications to York and North Yorkshire’s Net Zero Fund.
He concluded by explaining that the LAEP process and methodology were well defined, and the Plan now had quantified carbon savings for the priority projects listed.
Resolved:
i. That the publication of the York Local Area Energy Plan be approved.
Reason: To support the accelerated decarbonisation to achieve the council ambition for York to be net zero by 2030.