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Bill: Energy Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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: July 3267
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:36:00, February 29, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Energy Deregulation Act |
| Message | Mr speaker, I do not see how this would be sensible, even the liberal argument of quality and low prices do not count for this one. Given that it's energy and it cant be of higher quality then other energy. It is all the same, and the state gaurantees the lowest price; which is all these private companies would be competing for, which in turn WOULD actually reduce the quality of power plants in terms of safety regulations etc.... |
| Date | 01:57:40, March 01, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Energy Deregulation Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We commend this bill. The experience of other nations informs us that private companies tend to be more efficient and innovative when it comes to running energy companies. Checks and balances need to be put in place in order to ensure fair competition and a fair deal for the consumer, but privatisation and regulation is the way to go. State energy monopolies are notoriously monolithic and wasteful. Leroy Adams (Chairman of the CPU) |
| Date | 22:18:54, March 01, 2012 CET | From | Communist Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Energy Deregulation Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The experience of what countries are we speaking off? The last time we checked it led to prices being driven so low as a headstart that prices we're afterwards driven to twice the original price (OOC: true story, see: the Netherlands). This in addition to the fact that prices have to be kept as low as possible will lead to more environmentally wastefull methods of energy production, higher work pressure, higher prices and LESS innovation, given that thats a waste of money if you wish to keep prices low. Most research in the field of energy these days is done by states, not by energy companies. |
| Date | 01:08:14, March 02, 2012 CET | From | Catholic Political Union | To | Debating the Energy Deregulation Act |
| Message | OOC: In the UK, energy privatisation has had its problems, but in the long-run it seems to have improved the provision of service. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 461 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 220 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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