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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of
4SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative on the 75th
5anniversary of their cooperative; and
 
6    WHEREAS, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative was
7officially formed on October 5, 1938 in Harrisburg, Illinois,
8through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local
9residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for
10themselves and their neighbors; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't
12possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving
13rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric
14line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification
15Administration (REA), the people living in these rural areas
16banded together to form member-owned and member-governed
17electric cooperatives; and
 
18    WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door
19signing up their neighbors to become members of SouthEastern
20Illinois Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a
21cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and SouthEastern Illinois
2Electric Cooperative's lines were first energized on January
324, 1940, initially serving 300 member-owners in Saline County;
4and
 
5    WHEREAS, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
6continues to provides reliable electric service to
7member-owners in Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin,
8Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline, White, and Williamson counties;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its
11member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open
12membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors,
13members' economic participation, autonomy and independence,
14education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and
15concern for community; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18we congratulate the members of the SouthEastern Illinois
19Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their
20cooperative; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative as a

 

 

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1symbol of our esteem and respect.