How will the Alliance weigh “public support” in the site selection process? What does a community have to do to demonstrate public support?
Local stakeholder support is essential to the success of FutureGen 2.0 in general and the CO2 storage hub in particular. For that reason, one of the site selection criteria is local community support for the CO2 storage site. Offerors are asked to provide in their proposals evidence of community support for the CO2 storage hub at the proposed surface site. As an example, such evidence may include letters from local community leaders, and neighbors of the proposed site. In addition, during the Alliance’s due diligence process, which supports site selection, the FutureGen Alliance stakeholder engagement team will interact with local stakeholders to answer questions about the project and to understand their issues. Feedback from this process, including media reports will help the Alliance assess the level of community support. Site offerors that demonstrate willingness to work with the FutureGen Alliance stakeholder engagement team to ensure broad local community involvement will be prefe
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