Issue - meetings
Decision to provide a Cotswold residents’ group-buying scheme for solar PV panels
Meeting: 17/07/2023 - Cabinet (Item 153)
153 Decision to provide a Cotswold residents’ group-buying scheme for solar PV panels 
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Summary
To obtain Cabinet approval for the Council to enter an arrangement with a company, Switchd Ltd trading as MakeMyHouseGreen, to co-brand and promote a district-wide domestic rooftop solar group purchasing scheme.
The scheme’s aim is to increase the uptake of solar PV in the district by building on the trust that residents have in the Council as a statutory body, and reducing risk, increasing confidence and ensuring cost-effectiveness for homeowners considering the purchasing rooftop solar PV and battery systems.
Recommendations
That Cabinet resolves to:
1) Approve the Council’s engagement with Switchd Ltd to run a district-wide householder support programme for purchasing solar panels.
2) Delegate authority to the Head of Climate Action, in consultation with Cllr Mike McKeown, CDC’s Heritage and Design Manager, Publica’s Business Manager for Communications and Marketing and Publica’s Head of Legal Services to enter into a contract with Switchd Ltd and run a programme of Council communications to support the scheme.
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Minutes:
The purpose of the report was to obtain Cabinet approval for the Council to enter an arrangement with a company, Switchd Ltd trading as MakeMyHouseGreen, to co-brand and promote a district-wide domestic rooftop solar group purchasing scheme.
The scheme’s aim was to increase the uptake of solar PV in the district by building on the trust that residents have in the Council as a statutory body, and reducing risk, increasing confidence and ensuring cost-effectiveness for homeowners considering the purchasing rooftop solar PV and battery systems.
The Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability introduced the report, highlighting that the proposal could allow residents to significantly reduce their carbon footprint.
Members stated that the scheme would assure residents that they are choosing a trusted provider, and thereby encourage residents to take up the scheme.
Members discussed that social tenants could be involved through their housing association.
The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Mike McKeown and seconded by Councillor Lisa Spivey, who highlighted the value of delivering the scheme with through what she hoped would be a trusted partnership.
RESOLVED That Cabinet
1) APPROVE the Council’s engagement with Switchd Ltd to run a district-wide householder support programme for purchasing solar panels.
2) DELEGATE AUTHORITY to the Head of Climate Action, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability, CDC’s Heritage and Design Manager, Publica’s Business Manager for Communications and Marketing and Publica’s Head of Legal Services to enter into a contract with Switchd Ltd and run a programme of Council communications to support the scheme
Record of Voting – For: 8, Against 0, Abstention 0, Absent: 0
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Claire Bloomer |
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Joe Harris |
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Juliet Layton |
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Lisa Spivey |
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Mike Evemy |
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Mike McKeown |
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Paul Hodgkinson |
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Tony Dale |
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