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Bill: Efficient Energy Infrastructure Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Social Democratic Party
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: July 2165
Description[?]:
| The current legislation creates an area in energy distribution where there exist neither efficient markets nor government monopoly. To create private monopolies by legislation we are creating unhealthy incentives to the company maintaining the national energy grid. As the national energy grid by its very nature is a natural monopoly we should prevent its abuse in the pursuit of commercial profit. There is no reasonable means to create competing national energy grids so the only workable solution is to take the national power grid in democratic control. However, when we look at the local level the calculation changes. As genuine competition, resulting in a functioning market mechanism and increased efficiency, is possible in energy provision in the local level we should define local energy provision as an area of private enterprise. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:01:55, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Efficient Energy Infrastructure Act |
| Message | wait, these two are odd |
| Date | 15:27:42, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Efficient Energy Infrastructure Act |
| Message | I disagree with the second... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 182 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 73 |
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