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Summary of County Cavan

Energy Efficiency Cavan County Council does have an impressive energy efficiency campaign running for the last 10 years and has reduced its cost by 27.8 % over the 2010 base year with a value of €321,265pa.

Own Investments Cavan had no any PV or wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils. See West Suffolk

Rates From Renewables Wind farms and energy savings together amounted to 16% of rates and when the National Grid is taken into account 25% of rates.

Organised Plan.  Cavan does not have plan for the energy transition.   see Full details for Cavan here

Donegal were one of the most impressive and professional Councils responding to our FoI's. Overall, energy contributed over €6 million or more than 17% of rates in Donegal. But this figure is probably higher as Donegal's financial systems do not allow it to 'see' the rates contributed by most types of renewable energy systems.   for Full details on Domegal click here

Summary Monaghan like most Councils in Ireland has no plan for the energy transition. But it was one of the few than had an energy savings plan.

On-site Renewables Monaghan County Council had no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Monaghan had no PV / wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils. See West Suffolk

Efficiency Plan Monaghan had an energy efficiency campaign but they have no system to record cumulative annualised savings like their neighbours Louth and Cavan 

Rates Windfarms along with rates from the National Grid provided nearly 15% of Monaghan’s rates, but is very unlikely that their senior management or finance teams know this.

Organised Plan The Council appears to have no plans to maximise the financial benefits to itself of the energy transition.

Full details of Monaghan here

DATA ON REVENUES AND SAVINGS FOR THIS COUNCIL WILL BE ENTERED BY END OF OCTOBER 2023.

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Dublin City Council has been particularly obstructive and the systems and processes around its FoI and AIE handling are both non-functional and probably against the law.

We continue to pursue them for the data we need to complete all Councils in the Country

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The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

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The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here.

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

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Summary   Kilkenny is another County Council without a plan for the energy transition, but had an excellent energy savings campaign.

On-site Renewables Kilkenny County Council had no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Kilkenny had no PV or wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils. See West Suffolk

Efficiency Plan Unlike most Irish Councils, Kilkenny had a clear grasp of its overall spending on energy, heating and transport fuels at €1,358,351.  They had a well-established energy efficiency campaign with an annualised monetary saving of €258,947.5. This is nearly 20% of its current expenditure.

Rates  Windfarms along with rates from the National Grid provided nearly 17% of Kilkenny’s rates. The figure is probably higher as there are issues with their finance systems.

Kilkenny seems unaware of the amount of rates it gets from the National Grid and energy infrastructure generally. Our research shows the real figure to be €2,289,894.01 . See our research on this here  Tailte centrally calculated values.

Organised Plan The Council appears to have no plans to maximise the financial benefits to itself of the energy transition.

See more on Kilkenny here.

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from this Councils.

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Summary    When we started this project in 2020/2021 we never imagined that we would find a Council in Ireland worse than our own Newry Mourne and Down Council regarding getting their finances in shape to deal with the costs of Global Warming.

On-site Renewables 'NIL' 

Own Investments in renewables   NIL.

Efficiency Plan  NONE.

Rates In terms of its rates, Longford is the only Council in the Country to have ‘zero’ percent of its rates from energy.  Similar Councils throughout the South usually have millions of Euros pa - look at the figures for all nearby Councils.

Organised Plan NONE    Click here to see full report on Longford

Summary of County Louth

Energy Efficiency Louth County Council does have an impressive energy efficiency campaign which is now delivering €369,722.00 pa.

Income from renewables It has €100,267.37 income from municipal gas pa. But it has no investments in PV/wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils. See West Suffolk

Rates; Rates from Energy in Co. Louth was nearly 11% of total rates. Only about €53,000 came from renewables.

Organised Plan The Council appears to have no plans to maximise the financial benefits to itself of the energy transition.  see Louth County Council detail here 

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here.

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here.

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here!

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here.

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

See more here!

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

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Summary Claire refused our FoI and only partly responded to our AIE. Only 4 out of 47 Councils did this.

On-site Renewables Claire County Council had no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Claire had no PV / wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils.

Efficiency Plan Surprisingly Claire claimed to be one of the few Councils in Ireland not to have an energy efficiency plan. Nor do they have no system to record cumulative annualised savings.

Rates Out of 9 renewable energy types Claire could only identify windfarms paying rates in its area. These, along with rates from the National Grid provided only 8% of Claire’s rates. This is very low for a Western County.        Full details for County Claire here

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

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The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

WE STARTED IN THE NORTHERN COUNCILS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE COUNTRY

Full details

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from this Council.

WE STARTED IN THE NORTHERN COUNCILS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE COUNTRY

Full details

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

WE STARTED IN THE NORTHERN COUNCILS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE COUNTRY

Full details

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

WE STARTED IN THE NORTHERN COUNCILS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE COUNTRY

Full details

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from a few Councils.

WE STARTED IN THE NORTHERN COUNCILS AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE COUNTRY

Full details

The colour on the map reflects what we have found about this Council based on the financial year ending 2020 and we are aiming to have the data fully entered before the close of COP28  on 12th December 2023. We are still battling to get information from this Council.

Full details

 Summary County Galway like most Councils in Ireland has no plan for the energy transition.

On-site Renewables Galway County Council had no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Galway had no PV / wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils.

Efficiency Plan Surprisingly County Galway claimed not to have an energy efficiency plan . Nor did they have no system to record cumulative annualised savings against their €2 million energy budget.

Rates  Windfarms along with rates from the National Grid provided 16% of Galway’s rates.

Full details of County Galway here

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We judged Leitrim as a bit hapless, falling into wealth with rates from renewable energy but no plans for any basic aspect of the energy transition. 

Renewable Energy Leitrim County Council claimed to have no renewable energy installed on its premises

Energy Efficiency Leitrim claimed to have no energy efficiency campaign. Leitrim appeared to have no grip on its overall expenditure on energy,

Rates from Renewables Renewable energy provided 23.7% of its rates.  If the National Grid is taken into account, energy made up 34%.

Organised Plan The Council appears to have no plans to maximise the financial benefits to itself of the energy transition..      Click here to see full details on Leitrim  here

Efficiency Plan Unlike many Irish Councils, Mayo had an energy efficiency campaign producing €165,000 pa.

Rates Windfarms and the National grid provided 11% of Mayo’s rates.  Including Mayo’s gas terminal and the National Gas network, fully 34% of Mayo’s rates are from energy.

Organised Plan The Council appears to have no plans to maximise the financial benefits to itself of the energy transition. Mayo has similar problems to Mid and East Antrim Council where the Council is ‘addicted’ to rates from fossil fuel plant of £5 million a year.  Mayo is worse at over €7.5 million.  We have suggested how they might survive the loss of this income in the link below , copying Councils in England.  Click here for full details on Mayo

 Summary Roscommon like most Councils in Ireland has no plan for the energy transition.

On-site Renewables Roscommon County Council had no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Roscommon had no PV / wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils.

Efficiency Plan Surprisingly County Roscommon claimed not to have an energy efficiency plan. Nor did they have any system to record cumulative annualised savings against their €1.3 million energy budget.

Rates Roscommon could only identify windfarms paying rates in its area. These provided 14% of Roscommon’s rates

Organised Plan It is very unlikely that County Roscommon’s senior management or finance teams know how significant energy is to its rates at 28% in 2020, or that rates from renewables are forecast to grow six-fold over the next 15 years.

For Full details on Roscommon click here 

Summary  Sligo is another County Council without a plan for the energy transition.

On-site Renewables Sligo County Council claimed to have no renewable energy installed on its premises to save money.

Own Investments Nor did Sligo have any PV or wind farms of its own to generate cash to support front line services common in English County Councils. See West Suffolk

Efficiency Plan Sligo has no formal energy efficiency campaign and has only recently started collating information on possible energy savings. Other small Councils like Louth have savings of over E300,000pa from their energy saving campaigns including installation of cheaper renewables.

Rates In terms of its rates, Windfarms along with rates from the National Grid provided 9.6% of Sligo’s rates. The figure is probably higher as there are issues with their finance systems having no coding for any of the 9 types of renewable energy except wind farms.

For full details in Sligo click here