HOLIDAY BAZAAR PROCEEDS TOP $35,000.00

For the eighth consecutive year, proceeds from the annual Greenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar have exceeded $30,000.00.  Income from this year’s bazaar, the first Saturday in December, totaled $35,090.87.  Approximately 1000–1100 shoppers attended the bazaar, described as Bond County’s largest community-wide project.  All proceeds from the bazaar benefit Greenville Regional Hospital.  Auxiliary President and Holiday Bazaar Steering Committee Chairman Nancy Machmer thanks all the staff, volunteers, and shoppers who helped make this annual event so successful.

LONG-TERM RENEWABLE ENERGY AGREEMENTS TO BOOST ILLINOIS’ GREEN ECONOMY

Long-term 20-year agreements will help Illinois meet goals established in 2007 by the Renewable Portfolio Standard.  Winning wind and solar energy vendors will supply Ameren and ComEd with electricity for consumers throughout Illinois.  Governor Pat Quinn said, “Illinois will be increasing its use of renewable energy which will boost our economy and put more people to work.”  The RPS requires 25 percent of electricity provided to smaller customers by the state’s major utilities be generated from renewable resources by 2025.  By guaranteeing a lower rate over a longer period of time, the long-term contracts allow providers to mitigate financial risk and pass the benefit of lower rates on to consumers.

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