Bill Text: IL HB5855 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5855 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5855-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5855 Introduced , by Rep. Ann Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 687/6-2
Amends the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. Makes a technical change in Section concerning legislative findings.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
Section 6-2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 687/6-2)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 12, 2015)
Sec. 6-2. Findings and intent. The The General Assembly
finds and declares that it is desirable to obtain the
environmental quality, public health, and fuel diversity
benefits of developing new renewable energy resources and clean
coal technologies for use in Illinois and to lower the cost of
renewable energy resources and clean coal resources provided to
utility consumers. The General Assembly finds and declares that
the benefits of electricity from renewable energy resources and
clean coal technologies accrue to the public at large, thus
consumers and electric utilities and alternative retail
electric suppliers share an interest in developing and using a
significant level of these environmentally preferable
resources in the State's electricity supply portfolio. The
General Assembly finds and declares that encouraging energy
efficiency will improve the environmental quality and public

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health in the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)