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Bill: Energy Privatization Act of 2136
Details
Submitted by[?]: Islamic Nationalist Front
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: November 2136
Description[?]:
| A BILL to remove government interference in the free market by privatizing the national power grid. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:17:05, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Liberal Socialists | To | Debating the Energy Privatization Act of 2136 |
| Message | We have some questions here as to whether privatisation truely benefits this form of industry. First is that, like many rail services, is there truely any competition between grid owners? If one company owns one area of the grid, then there will be no competition in that area. In this sense, any advantage in privately owning the grid is lost. If multiple companies covered the same area, then at the end of the day we merely face national ineffciency, as we'd be attempting to run more than double the network than that which we actually required. Areas and industries like this we believe are suitable to be maintained under the supervision of the people at large rather than by individuals. Could we get some feedback from this bill's supporters? |
| Date | 03:22:17, November 06, 2005 CET | From |  Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Energy Privatization Act of 2136 |
| Message | Like I said before, I'm tired of debating right now. If you really want to find out the consequentialist arguments for complete deregulation, I recommend Cato Policy Analysis No. 301 http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-301.pdf Enjoy (: |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 98 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
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