171 Amendment to London Councils Transport and Environment Committee Agreement PDF 238 KB
[Report of the Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability]
This report is seeking Cabinet to approve the delegation of additional functions to the London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee Agreement (LCTEC Agreement). It would provide London Councils TEC with the authority to take on the operational management and strategic oversight of a London-wide residential electric vehicle charging point delivery partnership on behalf of London's local authorities, if required.
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The Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability introduced the report which sought approval for delegation of authority to London Councils Transport and Environment Committee to vary a committee agreement which would enable TEC [Transport and Environment Committee] to exercise further functions under section 16 of the London Local Authorities and Transport Act 2013. This would in turn enable London Councils to develop a new electric vehicle co-ordination function and to carry out the additional functions to support boroughs in delivering uptake of Electrical vehicles.
In agreeing this variation, the Council will be supporting a London wide approach to Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure. The aim of this variation was to allow London Councils to deliver a Management organisation for electric vehicle charging. This was currently not permitted under the existing terms of TEC, hence this variation and the Council’s agreement was needed. This new company had the potential to reduce costs for London Authorities, while creating a single point of contact for all electric vehicles charging needs. This could benefit the Council and residents and businesses. Once designed the Council can then decide to take up the offer to join this new company. This was also a positive step in delivering air quality objectives.
The following information was provided in response to questions from Cllr Barnes:
RESOLVED
Reasons for decision
In 2016, the Go Ultra Low Cities Scheme (GULCS) funding bid submitted byte GLA, London Councils, and TfL proposed the delivery of London-wide ... view the full minutes text for item 171