Full Text of HR0438 98th General Assembly
HR0438 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 Corn | 4 | | Belt Energy Corporation on the 75th anniversary of their | 5 | | cooperative; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Corn Belt Energy Corporation was officially | 7 | | organized as Corn Belt Electric Cooperative on September 22, | 8 | | 1938 in Bloomington, Illinois, through the hard work and | 9 | | dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to improve | 10 | | living and farming conditions for themselves and their | 11 | | neighbors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't | 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 (REA), the people living in these rural areas | 17 | | banded together to form member-owned and member-governed | 18 | | electric cooperatives; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 20 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of Corn Belt | 21 | | Energy Corporation and convincing them that a cooperative would | 22 | | bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Corn Belt Energy | 2 | | Corporation's lines were first energized on August 3, 1939, | 3 | | initially serving 200 member-owners in Woodford and McLean | 4 | | counties; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, Corn Belt Electric Cooperative merged | 6 | | with Illinois Valley Electric Cooperative, creating the Corn | 7 | | Belt Energy Corporation, which continues to provides reliable | 8 | | electric service to member-owners in 18 counties; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | 10 | | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | 11 | | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | 12 | | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | 13 | | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | 14 | | concern for community; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate the members of the Corn Belt Energy Corporation | 18 | | on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Corn Belt Energy Corporation as a symbol of our | 21 | | esteem and respect.
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