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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1923 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Heather A. Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development
Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative
findings.
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| | SB1923 | | LRB099 10211 MGM 30436 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and |
| 5 | | Coal Resources
Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing |
| 6 | | Section 6-2 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
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| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
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| 9 | | Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The
The General Assembly
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| 10 | | finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
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| 11 | | environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity
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| 12 | | benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and
clean |
| 13 | | coal technologies for use in Illinois and to lower the
cost of |
| 14 | | renewable energy resources and clean coal resources
provided to |
| 15 | | utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
declares that |
| 16 | | the benefits of electricity from renewable
energy resources and |
| 17 | | clean coal technologies accrue to the
public at large, thus |
| 18 | | consumers and electric utilities and
alternative retail |
| 19 | | electric suppliers share an interest in
developing and using a |
| 20 | | significant level of these
environmentally preferable |
| 21 | | resources in the State's
electricity supply portfolio. The |
| 22 | | General Assembly finds and
declares that encouraging energy |
| 23 | | efficiency will improve the
environmental quality and public |