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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | recognize the Earthrise Energy-owned Lincoln Generating | ||||||
| 4 | Facility on the occasion of being named a Voluntary Protection | ||||||
| 5 | Program (VPP) Star Site by the Safety Program of the | ||||||
| 6 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the | ||||||
| 7 | past 21 years; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, OSHA's VPP recognizes employers and workers in | ||||||
| 9 | the private industry and federal agencies who have implemented | ||||||
| 10 | effective safety and health management systems and maintain | ||||||
| 11 | injury and illness rates below the U.S. Bureau of Labor's | ||||||
| 12 | statistical national averages for their respective industries, | ||||||
| 13 | and its Star designation is the program's highest level of | ||||||
| 14 | recognition; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility is the property | ||||||
| 16 | of Earthrise Energy, a public benefit corporation (PBC) and an | ||||||
| 17 | independent power producer with a mission to reduce power | ||||||
| 18 | sector greenhouse gas emissions faster than ever before; the | ||||||
| 19 | company acquires, owns, and operates legacy fossil fuel assets | ||||||
| 20 | and repurposes the transmission infrastructure for renewable | ||||||
| 21 | energy development projects, bringing them online faster than | ||||||
| 22 | typical greenfield renewable energy projects; the company has | ||||||
| 23 | a gas-fired generation capacity of 1.7 gigawatts and a solar | ||||||
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| 1 | development pipeline of more than 2 gigawatts; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility is a natural gas | ||||||
| 3 | peaker plant located in Manhattan and operated by Consolidated | ||||||
| 4 | Asset Management Services (CAMS) employees on behalf of | ||||||
| 5 | Earthrise Energy, and it is one of five natural gas peaker | ||||||
| 6 | plants based in Illinois owned by Earthrise Energy; the | ||||||
| 7 | facility provides 656 megawatts of capacity, delivering | ||||||
| 8 | important grid reliability services during periods of peak | ||||||
| 9 | electricity demand; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility's safety and | ||||||
| 11 | health management programs met the high quality standards | ||||||
| 12 | expected of VPP participants, and it was noted by OSHA that the | ||||||
| 13 | facility leads by example and supports the implementation of | ||||||
| 14 | continuous improvement; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Employees of the Lincoln Generating Facility | ||||||
| 16 | strive to foster a culture that emphasizes safety and | ||||||
| 17 | excellence every day, and the facility's successful | ||||||
| 18 | recertification as a Star Site for over two decades is a direct | ||||||
| 19 | result of its workers' continued commitment to operational | ||||||
| 20 | excellence; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | ||||||
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| 1 | Earthrise Energy-owned Lincoln Generating Facility on being | ||||||
| 2 | named a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site by the | ||||||
| 3 | Safety Program of the Occupational Safety and Health | ||||||
| 4 | Administration (OSHA) for the past 21 years, and we wish the | ||||||
| 5 | facility and its staff continued success; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Earthrise Energy as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 8 | respect. | ||||||