Salmonberry Public Utility Ordinance

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AN
ORDINANCE
TO
CREATE A POWER PLANT, ELECTRICAL AND STEAM DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, AND A PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY IN THE FREE DISTRICT OF SALMONBERRY​

1. Name

(a) This Ordinance may be cited as the Salmonberry Public Utility Ordinance.

2. Initial project and site

(a) The construction of a nuclear power plant owned by the Free District of Salmonberry is authorized for the generation of electricity and the production and supply of clean steam. The plant may incorporate renewable energy sources and shall be run by a public utility.

(b) The plant shall be constructed roughly within the area outlined in red on the site plan in Schedule 1.

(c) Before any paste to the main world occurs, the Department of Development shall identify the power plant's boundary coordinates and/or plot identifier. If the region selected is not yet assigned a plot number, the Department of Development shall ask the Ministry of Urban Development to create a new industrial plot that is owned by the Free District. Radioactive materials shall be kept on that plot, and may not arrive sooner than such plot's formal creation, in accordance with section 11 of the Integrated Property Regulation Act.

3. Delivery

(a) The Department of Development shall arrange the design, procurement, construction and installation of the plant, including any necessary Build World preparation and placement in the live world, in coordination with the Ministry of Urban Development.

(b) Construction and installation shall have a target date of completion of October 25, 2026.

(c) The Commissioner shall verify that the building, site works and generating equipment have been completed and installed, and they Mayor shall record completion in an announcement in the #gov-announcements channel.

(d) The Department of Development shall design the plant to permit for clean steam production and public supply of steam.

(e) Steam pipes and associated distribution infrastructure, including power poles or their equivalent, may be placed beyond the plant site. Before construction, the Department shall record the proposed routes, confirm its authority to use the land and obtain any required permissions from landowners and/or public authorities.

(f) The deadlines in sections 3(b) and 5(b) apply to the plant. Extension of the public steam network and customer connections may proceed in stages as funding, materials and necessary permissions become available.

4. Initial Funding and procurement

(a) $30,000 is allocated for the design, construction, installation and commissioning of the plant, including any build or paste charges, excluding the cost of materials.

(b) Materials for the construction of the plant, including generating equipment and steam production equipment, shall be procured through public tenders. The cost of those materials supplied under the awarded tenders is authorized in addition to the allocation in subsection (a).

(c) The Department of Development shall arrange the tenders in accordance with the Government Contracts Act 2.0 and record the awards and their total cost. These awards and total costs shall be published in the #budget-and-press channel in the main CityRP discord.

(d) Payments for the initial construction of the plant shall use lawfully available funds from the District2 business account. The Mayor shall arrange any additional national budget approval required before expenditure is committed.

(e) Recurring operation, fuel, maintenance costs, and upkeep for the facility shall be the obligations of the Salmonberry Power Company, which is established in Section 5(a).

5. Establishment of the Salmonberry Power Company

(a) A special purpose company, whose name shall be "Salmonberry Power Company" and whose in-game business shall be called "SalmonberryElectric", shall be formed as a public utility company within the Free District of Salmonberry. The Free District shall own the whole company.

(b) The Department of Development shall complete commissioning and bring the authorized electrical and steam generation plant into operation no later than October 31, 2026. At the earlier of the time of plant's commencement of operation or 11:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on October 31, the land and the plant shall become the property of the Salmonberry Power Company.

(c) The Salmonberry Power Company (and the Department of Development, prior to October 31) shall be authorized to plan, construct, lay, connect, and extend a public steam pipe network within the Free District. Upon construction of any portion of the steam pipe network, the constructed portion shall be owned and operated by the Salmonberry Power Company, who shall be responsible for its maintenance thereafter.

(d) The Mayor, in consultation with the Department of Development, shall manage the Salmonberry Power Company. The Mayor may delegate management of the company to a person the Mayor appoints, and may withdraw that delegation at any time and for any or no cause. The Salmonberry Power Company may hire and fire paid staff.

(e) The Salmonberry Power Company shall give priority to the provision of electricity and steam with low pollution emissions, as well as the reduction of pollution throughout the Free District generally.

(f) The Salmonberry Power Company may charge a fee for connections to the steam and electricity networks it manages. These fees may be based upon by actual usage and/or by number of connections to a plot granted.

(g) General revenues from the Salmonberry Power Company shall be first used to fund expenses incurred by that company. Additional revenues beyond expenses may be stored in the SalmonberryElectric business, placed in a bank account, invested, or returned to the general balance of the District2 account.

(h) In addition to using funds obtained from its revenues, the Salmonberry Power Company may issue bonds and other debts to fund its operational, capital, and other expenses. Any such bond or debt must be authorized in writing by the Mayor. The Free District may also, by Mayoral Order or Ordinance, grant additional funds to the Salmonberry Power Company to provide the company funding.

6. Enactment

This Ordinance comes into force immediately upon its publication.

Schedule 1 — Site plan