Issue - meetings

Purpose

a.  To highlight the impact of the work undertaken by the council’s in-house Switched On Portsmouth service over the preceding twelve month period; via the publication of their annual Switched On Portsmouth Impact Report

b.  To detail the progress made to the scope and scale of the services now being delivered within Portsmouth and the surrounding areas by the team; and highlight future areas of activity to further improve the service’s coverage.

c.   To show in detail the monetary and energy savings in Portsmouth households; and highlight progress against the action plan set out in the Energy and Water at Home Strategy 2020-25 and the Home Energy Support Service cabinet papers of October 2020 and January 2021.

d.  To highlight in particular the carbon savings that have been achieved through the delivery of the Switched On Portsmouth service. Over the past twelve months, activities delivered by the team have reduced annual emissions by 426 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet note the report.