Bill Text: IL SR0967 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expresses support for the electric industry in Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR0967 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0967-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Power generation companies have invested billions | ||||||
| 3 | of dollars in Illinois to make the state the fifth largest | ||||||
| 4 | generation state in the country; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Unlike California and other States in the Union, | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois is a net exporter of electricity in the Midwest | ||||||
| 7 | region; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The power industry supports more than 285,000 jobs | ||||||
| 9 | in Illinois; 103,000 of those jobs are direct high paying jobs | ||||||
| 10 | that run the power plants 24 hours a day; many if not most of | ||||||
| 11 | the jobs are union jobs that pay twice the national median | ||||||
| 12 | salary; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The electric power industry accounts for five | ||||||
| 14 | percent of the Illinois economy, with the industry and its | ||||||
| 15 | workers accounting for at least $3.7 billion in taxes in every | ||||||
| 16 | community in the State; these taxes keep property taxes low in | ||||||
| 17 | the counties that contain power generation assets; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The electric power industry runs plants that keep | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois electric power reliable and effective; therefore, be | ||||||
| 20 | it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we strongly support the | ||||||
| 3 | electric industry in Illinois and stand behind the men and | ||||||
| 4 | women that operate the electric plants every day that keep the | ||||||
| 5 | lights on for Illinois citizens; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, We support keeping Illinois an exporter of power | ||||||
| 7 | in the Midwest, therefore not relying on other state | ||||||
| 8 | legislatures for our power; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That we support public policy for reliable and | ||||||
| 10 | moderately priced electric power that will keep large electric | ||||||
| 11 | power plants operating well into the foreseeable future; and be | ||||||
| 12 | it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
| 14 | to the Governor and to the Speaker of the House.
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