Full Text of HR0974 98th General Assembly
HR0974 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 | | Jo-Carroll Energy on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jo-Carroll Energy was officially organized on | 7 | | April 4, 1939 in Elizabeth, Illinois, through the hard work and | 8 | | dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to improve | 9 | | living and farming conditions for themselves and their | 10 | | neighbors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | 12 | | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving | 13 | | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric | 14 | | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification | 15 | | Administration, these rural people banded together to form | 16 | | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of Jo-Carroll | 20 | | Energy and convincing them that a cooperative would bring | 21 | | lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Jo-Carroll Energy's | 2 | | lines were first energized on May 3, 1940, initially serving 60 | 3 | | member-owners in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties; in 2013, | 4 | | Farmers Mutual Electric merged with Jo-Carroll Energy; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jo-Carroll Energy continues to provides reliable | 6 | | electric service to member-owners in Carroll, Henry, Jo | 7 | | Daviess, and Whiteside counties; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, Jo-Carroll Energy has served its | 9 | | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | 10 | | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | 11 | | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | 12 | | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | 13 | | concern for community; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Jo-Carroll Energy on its 75th anniversary; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Jo-Carroll Energy as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 | | respect.
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