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Government to Split Energy Industry off from KALNAPECO
New Entity called KALENCON will join Nationalized Industries as Separate Entity
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 18, 5095


The New Logo for KalEnCon, the proposed National Energy Company represents a Fusion powered Future

The Minister of Infrastructure today was tasked with creating legislation to officially separate the energy infrastructure from KALNAPECO, who has overseen energy creation in the Republic for the last two years.

"In officially splitting energy generation from our increasing number of fusion power plants across the Republic from KALNAPECO," said Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Tori Pierce, "We will set our National Power Plant on a course for growth and development independent of the National Petroleum Company. As the Republic aims to move away from reliance on Fossil Fuels to something more sustainable and environmentally friendly, this proposal will lay the ground work for a post oil future, where Kalistanis can have virtually unlimited power without destroying the environment."

The creation of a new bureaucracy is not without its detractors within the National Assembly. Fourteen Deputies from Suldanor raised concerns with the growing size of the budget to accommodate these new "innovations" as they termed them, in Government. Franco Pena, deputy from Yoshimi, who represents more than 14000 oil workers, said the move would devastate the workforce in southern Suldanor. "Con is RIGHT! Our oil men and women rely on those jobs," said Pena. "And rather than retraining them as the Government has promised, you're just going to end the jobs? What happens to my constituents? Perhaps the Government will explain to me why we need a completely new national industry, when we've existed for thousands of years with nationalized energy, and never needed this job killer before?"

The Government responded to Pena and his colleagues in the opposition to this Bill by stating that "Comrades. Fusion power is not the only source of power the Republic plans to rely on. We are focused on this just now, because as we speak, more and more houses are being powered by new fusion plants in all five districts. But, the Kalistani Government seeks to adopt an "all of the above" strategy when it comes to energy. Fusion will be the centerpiece: We have put more than a decade and hundreds of millions of Rubles into the technology. It has been our national obsession. And now we start to gain a return on our investment. But we will still be building solar centers, wind generators, and gas stations for those who refuse to switch away from gasoline powered vehicles. Additionally, we will always need tars, plastics and various industrial chemicals from petroleum. And not to mention the maintenance of an export capacity."

The Government's position has not calmed the opposition to a new Nationalized Monopoly, but it seems those opposed are in the minority on the issue, as the overwhelming body of deputies seem to concur with the Government's evaluation that a new Nationalized Industry will pay off in the long run. "It will allow KALNAPECO to get back to doing what it does best," said Deputy Michelle Martin from Dahriel, "and should even be a net creator of jobs, even in the shorter term. I think Comrade Pena ought to give the effort a chance, and if it turns into a black hole, I'll be the first to join him in voting to abolish it."

The Government is expected to put forward formal legislation this winter. More than 40 percent of the citizens of Kalistan's cities now receive their power from fusion reactors, with more to come in the near future, and nearly the entire island of Ananto is now powered by fusion power. Plants have already begun operating outside of Eshar, Odufaray, and Eshar and Senvias Vrassa are the first two cities to be powered by Fusion. So far, five plants have beein established with a running total of more than 175 million Rubles to date.