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Bill: Government Controlled Utilities
Details
Submitted by[?]: Civil Liberties Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2364
Description[?]:
| Seeking complete government control over all utilities, being that they are essential to a good standard of living in Likatonia and therefore should be provided by the government where prices can be kept reasonable and affordable by the means of the Convocation and not by privately owned corporations. The Convocation has already managed in the past to grant government control over all other utilities, except the nation's power stations, which is therefore the sole utility that this bill is concerned with. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:33:52, February 22, 2007 CET | From | AM Feminazi Movement | To | Debating the Government Controlled Utilities |
| Message | Definately a step in the right direction, it should make full nationalisation much easier. Support. |
| Date | 13:19:51, February 22, 2007 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the Government Controlled Utilities |
| Message | We will vote against this proposal. Not because we are happy with the current set of affairs but we feel that this is a step in the wrong direction. We will vote against this proposal. |
| Date | 17:01:46, February 22, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Government Controlled Utilities |
| Message | We echo the sympathies of our friends in the LFFR. This is a move towards a happier Likatonia. |
| Date | 22:57:56, February 22, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Government Controlled Utilities |
| Message | This is a close call for us, as to us the key is that the government control at least some of the power generation, to ensure competition in what can be a monopolistic field, but as long as the government does own the retail utilities we feel the government should be the principal power producer. We would be willing to look in the future toward a more moderate across the board system, in which the state controls the power grid, but this change were repealed and local governments determined the regulation or control of power generation. However, as long as the state owns all utilities, it makes sense that we should be producing our own power, allowing small scale coops to opt out of the state-controlled system as this bill does. |
| Date | 00:26:02, February 23, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Government Controlled Utilities |
| Message | Actually, this is now a strong yes rather than a weak yes, as we have just realized that there is currently no regulation of retail utilities whatsoever, and the government must control power generation to make certain that wholesale power is supplied in a way to force private companies to compete. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 101 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 98 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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