A bill which aims to promote more efficient power generation has met with many obstacles in Congress, with its members from the ruling PRSC and the opposition becoming involved in protracted discussions to reach a compromise agreement. At the core of these difficulties is a clause exempting would-be foreign contractors to the state electricity corporation (CDE), from paying import duties. Many argue that such exemptions would be counter-productive because they will be tantamount to transferring resources from a poor developing country to other more industrialized nations. They state that these concerns will have to pay those taxes at home anyway. Meanwhile, despite a recent substantial improvement, the nation continues to experience severe power cuts. Experienced commentators deem privatization to be the only viable and long-lasting solution to the chronic shortage of electricity.