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Bill: RP: Energy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 4263
Description[?]:
| ARTICLE 1: GENERATION Every individual, private company or publicly-owned company is allowed to generate electrical energy within the limits of law. ARTICLE 2: GRID Energy generated by individuals, private companies or publicly-owned companies can flow into the publicly-owned national grid, managed by the government-owned Likatonian Energy Grid Developer (LeGriD). ARTICLE 3: COMMERCIALIZATION Generating individuals or companies are allowed to sell their energy to clients by themselves. These clients can be either in Likatonia or in foreign nations, in that case export laws and tariffs would apply. · If more energy is generated than sold by the company, the remainder energy will be bought by LeGriD at a price fixed everyday based on demand - but always much cheaper than the market price. In case of excess of energy, LeGriD may sell it abroad. In case of very low demand, the price will be so low that generating companies would make losses unless they turned off generation (they will be advised by LeGriD to do so). · If more energy is sold than generated by the company, it will be provided by LeGriD to the clients (eventually bought from foreign countries if necessary) and the income made on that excess energy will be paid to LeGriD in full. ARTICLE 4: ENERGY TAX Energy will be taxed based on the contamination caused during generation. - Completely clean energy (solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear) will be taxed as an essential good. [currently 7%] - The most contaminant sources (coal burning) will be taxed five times the luxury goods tax [with the current LGT, 70%] - Other sources of energy will be taxed interpolating the contamination caused between zero and the maximum [e.g. let emissions be half of coal burning, tax would be (70-7)/2+7=38.5%] This way, the cleaner the energy, the more economical for the user and the more profitable for the generating agent. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:49:19, August 26, 2017 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Likatonia | To | Debating the RP: Energy Act |
| Message | RP: Where would the excess revenue created by the new taxes go? We are happy to see us make strides towards clean energy, and do not oppose this; however, we must ensure that this excess revenue is spent appropriately. Therefore, I move to create the Enegy Revenue Oversight Committee, headed by Senator John K. Johnson, to oversee, and appropriate all Federal Energy Revenues. This committee will include at least one member of any party, upon that parties request. Thank you. Senate Majority Leader Arthur Thompson, Of the People's Socialist Party of Likatonia |
| Date | 23:24:50, August 26, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the RP: Energy Act |
| Message | We have thought of distributing the tax revenues among the income in the national budget. There's no need for more bureaucracy to reach the same goal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 371 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 54 |
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