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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Illinois families living near wind farms often |
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| oppose their construction out of fear that the windmills will |
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| decrease property values; and
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| WHEREAS, The development of wind energy is an important |
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| renewable resource that benefits the environment and health of |
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| Illinois residents; wind energy is free from emissions and |
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| important for the future prosperity and energy independence of |
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| this State; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois has only exploited a small fraction of |
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| the wind energy potential that exists; Illinois has the wind |
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| resources to produce 6,963 megawatts of wind energy, but only |
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| produces 51 megawatts; and as wind energy production increases, |
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| its cost effectiveness increases because production costs |
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| drop; and
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| WHEREAS, Community opposition related to fears of property |
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| value depreciation often prevents a wind farm from being |
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| developed; this has occurred at the developed Mendota Hills |
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| wind farm and the proposed Heartland Grand Ridge wind farm; and
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| WHEREAS, Ironically, wind farms usually do not actually |
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| decrease property values; property surrounding wind farms has |
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| usually increased in value; a State program to compensate |
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| families for lost property values, if that occurs, due to the |
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| proximity of a wind farm may be a low-cost method to encourage |
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| future wind farm development; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we urge the Illinois Commerce Commission to study the impact of |
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| wind farms on surrounding real property values and the |
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| feasibility of a State program to reimburse families near |