Lunch & Learn: What Could Offshore Wind Community Benefits Look Like in California? A Discussion of CBA Examples

California’s goal of achieving 25 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity by 2045 will help the State meet its carbon neutrality target and will also have profound effects on the State’s economy and communities. Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) are tools that can enable local communities to have a voice in the development of new projects and ensure that the state’s transition to offshore wind creates sustainable, equitable economic opportunity, and local investment. In this webinar, CLEE Executive Director Louise Bedsworth and fellow Katherine Hoff will present highlights from CLEE’s new CBA report, California Offshore Wind & Community Benefits Agreements: CBA Examples. Speakers will highlight the community benefits-related provisions in the current California offshore wind leases and explain CBA and community benefits examples from the real estate & manufacturing sectors, as well as the east coast and the UK. 

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