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| The plan shall identify emerging trends related to energy |
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| supply,
demand, conservation, public health and safety |
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| factors, and should specify
the levels of statewide and service |
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| area energy needs, past, present, and
estimated future demand, |
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| as well as the potential social, economic, or
environmental |
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| effects caused by the continuation of existing trends and by
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| the various alternatives available to the State.
The plan shall |
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| also conform to the requirements of Section 8-402 of the
Public |
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| Utilities Act. The Commission
Department shall design programs |
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| as necessary to
achieve the purposes of this Act and the |
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| planning objectives of The Public
Utilities Act. The |
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| Department's energy plan, and any programs designed
pursuant to |
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| this Section shall be filed with the Commission in accordance
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| with the Commission's planning responsibilities and hearing |
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| requirements
related thereto. The Commission
Department shall |
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| periodically review and update the plan,
objectives and |
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| programs at least every 2 years , and the results of such
review |
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| and any resulting changes in the Department's plan or programs |
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| shall
be filed with the Commission .
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| The Commission's
Department's plan and programs and any |
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| review thereof, shall also be
filed with the Governor and , the |
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| General Assembly , and the Public Counsel , and
shall be |
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| available to the public upon request.
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| The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall |
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| be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, |
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| the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of |
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| Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the |
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| Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as |
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| required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in |
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| relation
to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, |
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| as amended, and
filing such additional copies with the State |
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| Government Report Distribution
Center for the General Assembly |
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| as is required under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State |
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| Library Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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