Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure

Closes 16 Jul 2025

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Community benefit: Level of benefit

10. For those developers already offering community benefits on a voluntary basis, how are these funded?
11. Recognising the need for flexibility, are there any impacts or considerations of funding community-led projects that should be taken into account?
12. Do you foresee any challenges for developers to fund mandatory community benefits? Does this differ between technologies?
13. How can significantly larger community funds be best managed (requirements to use regional funds, introduction of a cap on funding, limit on cap duration)?
14. Do you have a preference for either of the proposed methods for calculating the level of contribution payable in respect of energy generating stations (i.e. by reference to either installed capacity or generation output)? Are there any further considerations relating to either option which require exploration?
15. Do you agree with the principles of seeking to enable combining funds and utilising regional funds?
16. Do you agree with the outline proposals for a) when payments apply, b) index-linking, c) changes to project lifespan/capacity/ownership, and d) suspension of payments?
17. Do you agree with the proposals to place the developer obligations for community benefits on the relevant licence-holder (e.g. a licence for generation of electricity under the Electricity Act 1989)? Are there any further considerations that should be taken into account regarding ownership and change of project ownership?
18. Are there any other aspects on funding that should be considered?