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IN HCR0005
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/31/2013
Primary Sponsor
Randall Frye
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AI Summary
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Recognizes Indiana's rural electric cooperatives and the Hoosiers Power the World project initiated by the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives in 2012 to mark the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives.
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Documents that 17 Indiana cooperatives contributed equipment, materials, and tools valued at more than $750,000 to bring electricity to two isolated villages in northwestern Guatemala.
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Notes that 32 professional linemen and volunteers from Indiana electric cooperatives traveled to Guatemala in August and September 2012 to complete the electricity project.
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Acknowledges that the municipality of Hoja Blanca in Guatemala formed the first electric cooperative in that country following its experience with the Hoosiers Power the World project.
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Directs the Principal Clerk of the House to transmit a copy of the resolution to each of Indiana's electric cooperatives.
Legislative Description
Recognizing rural electric cooperatives and Hoosiers Power the World project.
Last Action
Returned to the House
1/31/2013