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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4378 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative findings. |
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| | HB4378 | | LRB103 36696 MXP 66806 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 687/6-2) |
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 9 | | Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The The General Assembly |
| 10 | | finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the |
| 11 | | environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity |
| 12 | | benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and |
| 13 | | clean coal technologies for use in Illinois 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 |