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Bill: The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Mordusian Green 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: March 2188
Description[?]:
| Hyman Datte, the new Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, has suggested to the Assembly that ownership of power stations be changed. |
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 power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:18:35, February 15, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | We are against. By keeping energy production split amongst several private companies we can encourage healthy competition in the energy sector. |
| Date | 12:45:37, February 15, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | If the benefit of splitting energy production among several companies is price, we must suggest that this is not the only way to control prices. They can be set by the public co-operative that would "own" the power stations in the proposed measure. |
| Date | 13:01:13, February 15, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | I must admit, the prices do not go down by privitising the sector, but the quality increases. A contract with a private firm has the advantage of providing a safe insurance, while the government "rules supreme". |
| Date | 04:19:09, February 16, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | We reject the assertion the quality control rises once the commercial sector takes control of energy generation. Sure, prices may temporarily dip one business takes over energy generation, in order to entice consumers into the trap. Once businesses realizes they have consumers by the short and curlies, prices will rise again. By the same token, quality will decline, since the cabal of businesses that run energy production will work in cooperation to keep prices as low as possible and profits as high as possible. |
| Date | 07:27:02, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | "Cabal of Businesses". I like that. We might support. |
| Date | 19:15:13, February 16, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the The Energy Generation Ownership Act of 2185 |
| Message | The new party supports. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 397 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 96 |
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