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8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)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.)".