Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/25/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 51

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 51 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
5Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
6Section 6-2 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
9    Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The The General Assembly
10finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
11environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity
12benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and clean
13coal technologies for use in Illinois and to lower the cost of
14renewable energy resources and clean coal resources provided to
15utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and declares that
16the benefits of electricity from renewable energy resources and

 

 

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1clean coal technologies accrue to the public at large, thus
2consumers and electric utilities and alternative retail
3electric suppliers share an interest in developing and using a
4significant level of these environmentally preferable
5resources in the State's electricity supply portfolio. The
6General Assembly finds and declares that encouraging energy
7efficiency will improve the environmental quality and public
8health in the State of Illinois.
9(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)".