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Bill: Power Grid Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberal 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: February 2126
Description[?]:
| Whereas, People may not have recognized the horrible consequences of turning the nation's power grid into an unregulated monopoly, and Whereas, this leads to gouging of the power companies that provide power to consumers to no end, both limiting their profits and raising prices to consumers drastically, We hereby propose that the governments of the Commonwealths own the power grids for their Commonwealths, although private companies can still participate in a competitive manner in power generation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: A single private company owns and maintains the national power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:59:02, October 13, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | We feel this bill is extremely important, and strongly ask people to look beyond any ideological biases to what best serves the Kanjoran people. |
| Date | 23:18:18, October 13, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | As a small concession to conservative parties to make it more likely to gain bipartisan support for the power grid portions of the bill, we have just added a provision, unrelated as it may be, to raise the retirement age to 62. We hope that if this does not gain any conservative support, or especially if it loses liberal support, that people will let us know before we call the vote. |
| Date | 03:46:14, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | We strongly oppose the retirement age amendment. We could agree to all else. Raising retirement age will raise unemployment (high in most/all of Kanjor). I also disagree with forcing people to continue working for even longer. |
| Date | 04:18:32, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | Okay, we'll remove it. The idea of having in it there was only if it increased the other very important provisions' chances of passing. Since it seems to decrease them instead, we will remove it. |
| Date | 04:29:35, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | I believe this presents the best of both worlds. Allowing both private and public power generation gives people the freedom to choose. And local regions controlling their own grids means the people will be taken better care of than had it been a monopoly or national. |
| Date | 04:36:40, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | We wish also to point out that the current system badly needs fixing. If one private company owns the power grid, the monopoly profits they gain cause costs to soar. It isn't even good for the retailers of power, the power companies, as the supplies from their monopoly wholesaler will cost much more than is necessary. |
| Date | 15:50:11, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran Imperial Party | To | Debating the Power Grid Bill |
| Message | i see you really care about this one. I'll vote yes, i guess it's not that bad. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 373 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 226 |
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