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Bill: Energieregulierung und Wettbewerbsrecht
Details
Submitted by[?]: Die Sozialdemokraten
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: November 3615
Description[?]:
| There is need for greater regulation of prices and competition in the energy sector. Private energy companies should remain the main providers but competition amongst themselves and also introducing a public owned stake will see lower annual hikes once the monopolies are broken. Johan Gehrig DS Finance Spokesperson |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
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: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
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 | 13:28:57, January 31, 2014 CET | From |  Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Energieregulierung und Wettbewerbsrecht |
| Message | Herr Präsident, this bill undermines its own purpose. It is not enough to diversify the ownership structure of the national power grip for competition to ensue, there also needs to be sufficient economic freedom and a marketplace undistorted by governmental overreach - partially nationalizing power stations to produce below the market price will only create losses which will have to be shouldered by the taxpayer, and will also discourage private contenders since they do not have unlimited access to the taxpayers' purse to bail them out whenever they don't abide to market rules. An additional regime of price controls only reinforces this disincentive. Harald Matsuyama, MdR LVP-Budenlar Vize Staatsminister |
| Date | 15:07:42, January 31, 2014 CET | From | Die Sozialdemokraten | To | Debating the Energieregulierung und Wettbewerbsrecht |
| Message | Herr Präsident, The bill is not perfect, true enough but Article 1 will distort the energy market no more than the current subsidies and will also assist middle income earners. We unfortunately do not share the conviction of our rightwing cousins that Government interference is always destructive to the economy and in this case, it will certainly stabilise energy prices, our main concern anyway. Johan Gehrig DS Finance Spokesperson |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 450 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 193 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "Politics have no relation to morals." - Niccolo Machiavelli |