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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of | ||||||
4 | EnerStar Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | ||||||
5 | cooperative; and
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6 | WHEREAS, EnerStar Electric Cooperative, which began as the | ||||||
7 | Edgar Electric Co-operative Association, was officially formed | ||||||
8 | on February 9, 1938, in Paris, Illinois, through the hard work | ||||||
9 | and dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to | ||||||
10 | improve living and farming conditions for themselves and their | ||||||
11 | neighbors; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | ||||||
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, these rural people banded together to form | ||||||
17 | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | ||||||
20 | signing up their neighbors to become members of Edgar Electric | ||||||
21 | Co-operative Association and convincing them that a | ||||||
22 | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Edgar Electric | ||||||
2 | Co-operative Association's lines were first energized on July | ||||||
3 | 15, 1939, initially serving 539 member-owners in Edgar County; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Edgar Electric Co-operative Association was | ||||||
6 | renamed Enerstar Power in 1991, and later became Enerstar | ||||||
7 | Electric Cooperative in 2004; EnerStar Electric Cooperative | ||||||
8 | continues to provides reliable electric service to | ||||||
9 | member-owners in Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar and Vermilion | ||||||
10 | Counties; and | ||||||
11 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the EnerStar Electric Cooperative | ||||||
12 | has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: | ||||||
13 | voluntary and open membership, member-elected and controlled | ||||||
14 | boards of directors, members' economic participation, autonomy | ||||||
15 | and independence, education and training, cooperation among | ||||||
16 | cooperatives, and concern for community; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we congratulate EnerStar Electric Cooperative on its 75th | ||||||
20 | anniversary; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to EnerStar Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | ||||||
2 | esteem and respect.
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