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                                     LRB093 08703 RCE 08933 b

 1        AN ACT concerning energy.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
 5    Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
 6    Section 6-2 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 687/6-2)
 8        (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 16, 2007)
 9        Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The General Assembly finds
10    and declares that it is desirable to obtain the environmental
11    quality,  public  health,  and  fuel  diversity  benefits  of
12    developing new renewable  energy  resources  and  clean  coal
13    technologies  for use in this State Illinois and to lower the
14    cost of renewable energy resources and clean  coal  resources
15    provided to utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and
16    declares  that  the  benefits  of  electricity from renewable
17    energy resources and clean coal technologies  accrue  to  the
18    public  at  large,  thus consumers and electric utilities and
19    alternative retail electric suppliers share  an  interest  in
20    developing   and   using   a   significant   level  of  these
21    environmentally   preferable   resources   in   the   State's
22    electricity supply portfolio. The General Assembly finds  and
23    declares  that encouraging energy efficiency will improve the
24    environmental quality and  public  health  in  the  State  of
25    Illinois.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)