Andrew Dyer, Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner (AEIC), is leading the Community Engagement Review.
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy announced the review on 4 July 2023.
The review will provide advice to:
- improve community engagement when planning, developing and operating renewable energy infrastructure projects
- ensure projects engage with communities, landholders and stakeholders, including First Nations peoples
- better align project benefits with community interests.
Read the review’s Terms of Reference.
Terms of Reference (PDF 125 KB)
Terms of Reference (DOCX 95 KB)
Consultation activities
The review invites organisations and community members to have their say and make a submission to the review.
Interviews and roundtable discussions are underway with representative stakeholders, landholders and community groups.
Report from the review
At the completion of the review, a final report will be provided to the Minister.
Contact the review
If you have any questions about the review, please send an email to cereview@dcceew.gov.au
You can make a submission to the review via the consultation website. The review will not accept email submissions to the consultation.
Read more
- Media release announcing Community consultation key to developing renewable energy infrastructure on 4 July 2023
- Information about the social licence and community support for new energy infrastructure
- AEIC 2022 Annual Report
- AEIC Opening Statement to Senate Estimates – 23 May 2023
- AEIC Guideline – Considerations for Landholders before entering into Commercial Agreements
- The Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP)
- Queensland Renewable Energy Landholder Toolkit (QFF)
- RE-Alliance (2021) Building Trust for Transmission – Earning the Social Licence Needed to Plug in Australia’s Renewable Energy Zones