Recommendation 42

We recommend that the Government expedite the implementation of its current proposals for community benefits to be considered as part of community engagement in the delivery of certain transmission projects. A toolkit of illustrative community benefits and potential levels of support should be developed in order to inform communities what options are available to them as well as providing incentives to developers to mitigate visual or community impacts as far as possible. Progress in implementing Enabling sustainable electrification of the economy 49 community benefit measures should be monitored following deployment, and the effectiveness of the overall approach should be reviewed at least every three years.