Archives
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2006
January
Quinn Proposes Emergency Consumer Relief from Skyrocketing Heating Bills • PDF
"World's Largest (Solar) Laundromat" Re-opens! • PDF
2005
October
Affordable Energy Plan • PDF
September
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in September. E-Mail Update PDF
August
Illinois takes ENERGY STAR Challenge on 2nd anniversary of worst blackout in U.S. history PDF
July
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in July. E-Mail Update PDF
Illinois Fan Club - advisory for Springfield • PDF
Illinois Fan Club - advisory for Marion • PDF
Illinois Fan Club - advisory for Cahokia • PDF
June
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in June. E-Mail Update PDF
May
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in May. E-Mail Update PDF
April
Statement by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn Regarding Passage of the “SALES TAX HOLIDAY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCTS” Bill by IL Senate Revenue Committee • PDF
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn Joins Sen. James Clayborne to Urge Passage of “Green Sales Tax Holiday” Legislation • PDF
Earth Day Event Schedule, Friday, April 22, in Chicago • PDF
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in April. E-Mail Update PDF
March
Renewable Energy Plan Could Boost Wind Power in Illinois. • Wednesday, March 23, 2005 PDF
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in March. E-Mail Update PDF
February
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn promotes Miscanthus - a high yield, clean burning perennial grass - as an agricultural answer to state energy needs. Illinois researchers are looking into the agricultural, environmental, and financial benefits of the crop. • Wednesday, February 23, 2005 PDF
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn salutes the City of St. Charles for upgrading their traffic lights with energy efficient, cost effective, and environmentally friendly light emitting diode bulbs. • Friday, February 18, 2005 PDF
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in February E-Mail Update PDF
January
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by making urgent appeal to the people of Illinois to donate to the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund. • Sunday, January 16, 2005 PDF
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in January E-Mail Update PDF
2004
December
Quinn urges Illinois gas utilities to support The Good Samaritan Initiative, a plan to help disconnected low-income gas customers get reconnected so they have heat this winter. • Tuesday, December 14, 2004 PDF
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in December • Tuesday, December 14, 2004 E-Mail Update PDF
November
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in November • Wednesday, November 10, 2004 E-Mail Update PDF
October
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in October • Friday, October 1, 2004 E-Mail Update HTML
September
Quinn Salutes Champaign for Using Grant to Improve Energy Efficiency in Downtown Businesses and Buildings • Thursday, September 9, 2004 PDF | HTML
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in September • Tuesday, September 7, 2004 E-Mail Update HTML
August
Quinn Visits World Soy Capital to Promote the use of Soy-Based Biodiesel Fuel • Thursday, August 26, 2004 PDF | HTML
Quinn Joins With Senator Welch to Promote Energy-Efficiency in Illinois • Thursday, August 26, 2004 PDF | HTML
Lieutenant Governors Energy Initiatives in August • Thursday, August 12, 2004 E-Mail Update HTML
Quinn Salutes Kane County Energy Project on One-Year Anniversary of August 2003 Northeast Blackout • Thursday, August 12, 2004 PDF | HTML
Quinn Salutes Naperville for Energy-Saving Initiatives at One-Year Anniversary of the August 2003 Northeast Blackout • Thursday, August 12, 2004 PDF | HTML
Quinn Salutes Shedd Aqaurium for Massive Energy-Saving Soy-Based Roof • Thursday, August 12, 2004 PDF | HTML
July
As the Hottest Days of Summer Approach, Thoughts Turn to Baseball, Barbeques and…Blackouts • Wednesday, July 14, 2004 PDF | HTML
Blue-Ribbon Blackout Task Force Sounds Alarm on Illinois Electric Grid Shortcomings • Wednesday, July 14, 2004 PDF | HTML
June
Quinn Touts Energy Efficiency in Illinois • Friday, June 4, 2004 PDF | HTML
January
Quinn Convenes Public Hearing of Special Energy Task Force • Friday, January 9, 2004 PDF | HTML
2003
November
Quinn Teams Up with Technology to Hear Illinois’ Residents Far and Wide • Monday, November 24, 2003 PDF | HTML
Quinn Creates “Energy Infrastructure Working Groups” in Effort to Seek the Broadest Public Participation Possible • Friday, November 20, 2003 PDF | HTML
Quinn Holds Open Forum on Energy Policy Reform — University of Illinois • Wednesday, November 12, 2003 PDF | HTML
Quinn Holds Open Forum on Energy Policy Reform — Illinois State University • Monday, November 10, 2003 PDF | HTML
October
Energy Task Force to Examine Blackout-Related Disaster Preparedness of Chicago’s High-Rise Skyscrapers •
September
Quinn Urges Citizen-Input to Help Shape Illinois Energy Policy • Tuesday, September 23, 2003 PDF | HTML
August
Quinn Calls for Strong Consumer Voice in New Illinois Task Force on Energy Infrastructure • Wednesday, August 27, 2003 PDF | HTML
