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Bill: State Energy Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Drtárék Jelbék Prta
Status[?]: defeated
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: February 2438
Description[?]:
| We propose that energy is too important an asset to be left in the hands of the private sector, therefore we propose that it is brought fully under state control. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Current: A single private company owns and maintains the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:02:55, July 30, 2007 CET | From | Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | we strongly oppose |
| Date | 13:29:37, July 30, 2007 CET | From | Parti Communiste de Jelbania | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | We support |
| Date | 14:16:42, July 30, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | Strongly oppose - nationalizing industry stifles innovation and creates an inefficient centralized bureaucracy. |
| Date | 19:51:58, July 30, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | Whereas having unregulated business control over vital resources leads to exploitation and profiteering at the expense of the average hardworking Jelbanian family. If the state has control there is accountability and it is possible to prevent exploitation. If the state has no say in the matter, there is no accountability whatsoever. |
| Date | 10:25:06, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | Privatization leads to competition between different companies and therefore to lower prices a state monopoly leads however to a high price for consumer; which is better? |
| Date | 12:31:03, July 31, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | That describes the perfect scenario. However as we have no regulation currently, what is more likely, businesses competing and reducing their profits, or businesses forming cartels to ensure that they can rip off the consumer? Which is more likely, the human desire for greater profits, or a desire to benefit the consumer? |
| Date | 00:55:12, August 02, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the State Energy Bill |
| Message | we don't like these proposals, nor the current law, so we abstain |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 126 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 375 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine |