Community Benefits Tools and California Clean Energy Projects

Communities and governments at all levels are increasingly turning to community benefits tools to support an equitable climate transition, catalyze tangible and meaningful, long-term investments in community priorities, and achieve effective, durable projects. CLEE’s report, Community Benefits Tools and California Clean Energy Projects, provides an overview of policy drivers and tools that can be employed to deliver community benefits and outlines examples of successful Community Benefits Agreements, often considered the “gold standard” among various community benefits tools.

For additional structures that can promote community roles in equitable energy infrastructure deployment, such as participatory budgeting and community oversight councils, please see CLEE’s report, Facilitating Equity-Oriented EV Infrastructure Investments: Strategies for Project Design.