093_SB1908
LRB093 08703 RCE 08933 b
1 AN ACT concerning energy.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
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:
7 (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
9 Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The General Assembly finds
10 and declares that it is desirable to obtain the environmental
11 quality, public health, and fuel diversity benefits of
12 developing new renewable energy resources and clean coal
13 technologies for use in this StateIllinois and to lower the
14 cost of renewable energy resources and clean coal resources
15 provided to utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
16 declares that the benefits of electricity from renewable
17 energy resources and clean coal technologies accrue to the
18 public at large, thus consumers and electric utilities and
19 alternative retail electric suppliers share an interest in
20 developing and using a significant level of these
21 environmentally preferable resources in the State's
22 electricity supply portfolio. The General Assembly finds and
23 declares that encouraging energy efficiency will improve the
24 environmental quality and public health in the State of
25 Illinois.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)