Full Text of HR0142 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of | 4 | | EnerStar Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | 5 | | cooperative; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, EnerStar Electric Cooperative, which began as the | 7 | | Edgar Electric Co-operative Association, was officially formed | 8 | | on February 9, 1938, in Paris, Illinois, through the hard work | 9 | | and dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to | 10 | | improve living and farming conditions for themselves and their | 11 | | neighbors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | 13 | | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving | 14 | | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric | 15 | | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification | 16 | | Administration, these rural people banded together to form | 17 | | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 20 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of Edgar Electric | 21 | | Co-operative Association and convincing them that a | 22 | | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Edgar Electric | 2 | | Co-operative Association's lines were first energized on July | 3 | | 15, 1939, initially serving 539 member-owners in Edgar County; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Edgar Electric Co-operative Association was | 6 | | renamed Enerstar Power in 1991, and later became Enerstar | 7 | | Electric Cooperative in 2004; EnerStar Electric Cooperative | 8 | | continues to provides reliable electric service to | 9 | | member-owners in Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar and Vermilion | 10 | | Counties; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the EnerStar Electric Cooperative | 12 | | has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: | 13 | | voluntary and open membership, member-elected and controlled | 14 | | boards of directors, members' economic participation, autonomy | 15 | | and independence, education and training, cooperation among | 16 | | cooperatives, and concern for community; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate EnerStar Electric Cooperative on its 75th | 20 | | anniversary; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to EnerStar Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | 2 | | esteem and respect.
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