Renewable Energy Resources Program report
Subtitle: December 1997 through December 2004
Publisher: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Energy and Recycling, Alternative Energy Development Section
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Renewable Energy Resources Program (Ill.); Renewable energy sources; Law and legislation; Energy development; Power resources; Research; Energy industries
Other titles: RERP report
Description: The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law (20 ILCS 687, "the Law") was passed in December 1997.  Article 6 of the Law directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to administer the Renewable Energy Resources Program (RERP) and to provide grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in, and the development and use of, renewable energy resources.  The Law directs the Department to establish eligibility criteria for the incentives and to review them annually and adjust them as necessary.  The provisions of this Law are repealed ten years after the effective date unless renewed by act of the General Assembly.  The sunset date is December 16, 2007.  The Law defines "renewable energy resources" to include energy from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cells and panels, dedicated crops grown for energy production and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not involve new construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and other such alternative sources of environmentally preferable energy.  "Renewable energy resources" does not include, however, energy from the incineration, burning or heating of waste wood, tires, garbage, general household, institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste, landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.