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At the Ordinary Council Meeting held on Wednesday 28 February 2024, Council endorsed to place the amended Renewable Energy Community Benefit Framework on public exhibition for 28 days.
The objectives of the Renewable Energy Community Benefit Framework (Framework) are to promote benefit sharing strategies associated with the development of state significant and regionally significant renewable energy projects in the Armidale Regional Council Local Government Area (LGA) that:
Secure off-site benefits for the community so that renewable energy development delivers a future sustainable net community benefit;
Ensure that the wider community share in the benefits resulting from renewable energy development in the LGA;
Ensure that the costs and benefits of renewable energy development will be equitably distributed within the community and inter-generationally;
Ensure that community benefit outcomes are determined through appropriate governance processes which include REZ community representation.
The financial value of community benefit will vary from project to project, however, the minimum community benefit threshold for ARC is:
$850 per megawatt per annum for solar energy development for the life of the development (including future modified or recommissioned projects).
$1050 per megawatt per annum for wind energy development for the life of the development (including future modified or recommissioned projects).
$850 per megawatt of capacity for energy storage developments (including pumped hydro).
Note: Amounts above are in 2023 dollars and will be adjusted annually for CPI.
Projects that do not deliver community benefits above this threshold are likely to be considered not in the public interest.
Developers who demonstrate involvement with and for the community will be encouraged against those who show no such initiatives. Council requires developers to be responsible members of the community eg. The support of an ongoing workforce, disincentives for FIFO practices, landscape rehabilitation incorporated into projects.
Submissions must be received by Thursday 2 May 2024
Please be aware that if you make a submission, other people may have access to your comments. This may be as a result of a report to a Council meeting or as part of an application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Also, under State legislation, any person making a submission on a Draft LEP amendment must also disclose whether they or an ‘associate’ have made a ‘reportable political donation’ or gift to a local Councillor or Council employee within the period commencing two years before any submission is made and ending when the Draft LEP is determined. Further details including disclosure forms are available on request from Council.
At the Ordinary Council Meeting held on Wednesday 28 February 2024, Council endorsed to place the amended Renewable Energy Community Benefit Framework on public exhibition for 28 days.
The objectives of the Renewable Energy Community Benefit Framework (Framework) are to promote benefit sharing strategies associated with the development of state significant and regionally significant renewable energy projects in the Armidale Regional Council Local Government Area (LGA) that:
Secure off-site benefits for the community so that renewable energy development delivers a future sustainable net community benefit;
Ensure that the wider community share in the benefits resulting from renewable energy development in the LGA;
Ensure that the costs and benefits of renewable energy development will be equitably distributed within the community and inter-generationally;
Ensure that community benefit outcomes are determined through appropriate governance processes which include REZ community representation.
The financial value of community benefit will vary from project to project, however, the minimum community benefit threshold for ARC is:
$850 per megawatt per annum for solar energy development for the life of the development (including future modified or recommissioned projects).
$1050 per megawatt per annum for wind energy development for the life of the development (including future modified or recommissioned projects).
$850 per megawatt of capacity for energy storage developments (including pumped hydro).
Note: Amounts above are in 2023 dollars and will be adjusted annually for CPI.
Projects that do not deliver community benefits above this threshold are likely to be considered not in the public interest.
Developers who demonstrate involvement with and for the community will be encouraged against those who show no such initiatives. Council requires developers to be responsible members of the community eg. The support of an ongoing workforce, disincentives for FIFO practices, landscape rehabilitation incorporated into projects.
Submissions must be received by Thursday 2 May 2024
Please be aware that if you make a submission, other people may have access to your comments. This may be as a result of a report to a Council meeting or as part of an application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Also, under State legislation, any person making a submission on a Draft LEP amendment must also disclose whether they or an ‘associate’ have made a ‘reportable political donation’ or gift to a local Councillor or Council employee within the period commencing two years before any submission is made and ending when the Draft LEP is determined. Further details including disclosure forms are available on request from Council.
