The Energy Charter’s Better Practice Social Licence Guideline released

TasNetworks is proud to have contributed to the development of The Energy Charter’s Better Practice Social Licence Guideline.

Co-developed by landholder and community representatives and electricity transmission businesses, the recently launched Guideline is the product of effective listening and strong collaboration between the agriculture and energy sectors.

As the owner and operator of Tasmania’s electricity transmission and distribution network, TasNetworks is committed to engaging in a way that is meaningful, fair and achieves the best outcomes for landholders, the community, the environment, Tasmania’s electricity grid and the National Electricity Market.

The Energy Charter’s Better Practice Social Licence Guideline is critical to developing a deeper understanding of:

- The ways electricity transmission infrastructure impacts agricultural landholders and their communities

- The principles that underpin building and maintaining social licence for landholders and communities affected by transmission developments

- Practical opportunities to minimise impacts and deliver shared value during the planning, construction, operation and decommissioning of transmission infrastructure.

As Tasmania continues to work towards its legislated Renewable Energy Target to double clean energy production by 2040, TasNetworks congratulates and thanks The Energy Charter, landholders, community representatives, and other #BetterTogether industry collaborators in delivering this important Guideline.