This report shares findings from a joint study of community benefit plans (CBPs) made by utilities and developers. RMI and the University of Minnesota (UMN) Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (CSTEP) collaborated on the research and analysis.

Although the development of the CBPs in our study was federally driven, several project developers went beyond compliance in their commitments, experimenting with partnerships to support community benefits design and distribution, transparency and accountability mechanisms, and internal organizational shifts to deliver on their commitments.