Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/17/030

Portfolio Holder: James Waters                Lead Officer: Peter Gudde

RESOLVED:

That, on the basis set out in Report No: CAB/FH/17/030, a final business case for a renewable energy investment in the Mildenhall Hub Project, be presented to Council in July 2017.

(Report No: CAB/FH/17/030)

The Director presented this report which set out the principles and process for developing and adopting the previously agreed addendum to the main business case for the Mildenhall Hub in relation to investing in renewable energy technologies should planning consent be granted.

The final business case would be presented directly to Council on 26 July 2017, following further technical evaluation and clarity on the costs and benefits that could be delivered.  Report No: CAB/FH/17/030 sought to clarify the preferred technologies in the light of work carried out to-date and the framework for the final business case.  An outline of the proposed technologies being considered was also set out in paragraph 2.3 and Appendix 2 of the report.

Councillor Simon Cole, Chairman  of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, explained that this had also been considered by the Committee at their meeting on 6 June 2017.  The Committee was in general support for the renewable energy technologies being proposed within the scheme, but did have some reservations with regard to some of the figures presented with regard to the projected returns, particularly in relation to battery storage. Therefore, within the report which was to be presented to Council on 26 July 2017, Councillor Cole wished to ensure that the figures presented were more representative of the likely returns.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That, on the basis set out in Report No: CAB/FH/17/030, a final business case for a renewable energy investment in the Mildenhall Hub Project, be presented to Council on 26 July 2017.