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20 ILCS 687/6-3

(20 ILCS 687/6-3)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)

Sec. 6-3. Renewable energy resources program.

(a) The Environmental Protection Agency, to
be called the "Agency" hereinafter in this Law, shall
administer the Renewable Energy Resources Program to provide
grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in
and the development and use of renewable energy resources.

(b) The Agency may, by administrative rule, establish and adjust eligibility criteria
for grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment
in and the development and use of renewable energy resources.
 The criteria should promote the goal of fostering
investment in and the development and use, in Illinois, of
renewable energy resources.

(c) The Agency may accept applications for grants,
loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and the
development and use of renewable energy resources.

(d) To the extent that funds are available and
appropriated, the Agency shall provide grants, loans, and
other incentives to applicants
that meet the criteria specified by the Agency.

(e) (Blank).

(f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources" includes energy from
wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic
cells and panels, dedicated crops
grown for energy production and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not
involve new construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and other
such alternative sources of environmentally preferable energy.
"Renewable energy resources" does not include, however, energy from the
incineration or burning of waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office
waste, landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.

(g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund as a special
fund
in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Agency to support the
development of technologies for wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
The Agency
 may accept private and public funds, including federal funds, for
deposit into the Fund.

(Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21.)