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Deregulated power could inflate prices9 {( N6 R7 A! G$ o
Warning from consumer advocate group# k# ^6 ^8 v4 ?8 L& y* {+ j6 [
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN; _) o; o* b; O1 G! R* S" P& n \- T' z
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告% \4 |; a: K6 B! S3 V" q
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报% K5 R- p% j0 _( ~# C; ^& n" s
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Albertans worried about the looming spike in natural gas prices could be in for another shock when electricity in Alberta is fully deregulated, says a consumer advocate. , l8 a. J2 G/ t
曾经担心天然气价格上涨的阿尔伯塔人,如果看到阿尔伯塔电力产业完全放开经营,一定又被吓个大跳。一个消费者维权倡导人说道。: M; y; W8 Z8 T* b3 N
1 `; L: A. R \: Z _+ TJim Wachowich of the Consumers Coalition of Alberta says the province's plan to deregulate retail power - which was originally supposed to be completed next year - could impact almost every household. 8 } E* d. i8 ?
来自阿尔伯塔消费者联合会的吉米。我生为吃说道,省政府原本计划在明年内完全放开电力零售权利,如果计划实施,将对每一个家庭造成影响* P2 ~* `* T# s7 f
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"You just have this horrendous volatility (in electricity.) And you have it because if the system is not maintained at the perfect balance, the system has big problems." 1 @2 T& Q' F" X/ s" `& ~+ P- i5 y
“电力具有可怕的挥发性,这是因为电力需要保存在完全平衡的系统下,这个系统是个大问题。”' R! b: N/ d% H: O" k, ~5 y
) |4 i( q+ c( U/ y! X, Y$ j! L9 x* jWhile natural gas has doubled in price this year, Wachowich said electricity has - if only momentarily - seen spikes of up to 2000%. He said that happens because electricity can't be stored and is always susceptible to price fluctuations.
4 \7 a+ w& y! C0 R7 V我生为吃说道,当今年天然气价格翻番的时候,人们马上就预见到电力价格有可能最高上涨2000%。他还说,这是因为电力无法被储存,所以价格也总是极易浮动。
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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 5 k- d" C* T9 P( S# e
如果省政府不能小心对付这个浮动,在省内的各个角落里,电力账单将大大上扬。我生为吃警告说。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 3 |0 k2 i+ }# m/ J& P% V
在六月,阿尔伯塔能源部推迟了完全放开电力市场的计划,取而代之的是发布了一个新的五年规划价格。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ! f) J `* ]+ K
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划; {; j- q, L/ z7 X7 D9 R( U: @
" u, h. [- j$ K% U8 g3 RLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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1 O$ F/ n9 I0 _5 `# Y"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 9 h) k6 I3 ~/ h
“我们不得不对放开计划叫停,” 麦当劳说 “这计划对供应商行得通,但是对消费者行不通。“
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& _! ^4 o& Q5 U8 mAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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"I guess Mr. MacDonald's crystal ball is better than mine, because I can't forecast the price of electricity five years down the road, and apparently he seems to think he can." ( d7 H& U, P+ K6 F
“我猜麦当劳先生的水晶球比我的好,因为我不能预见未来五年的电力价格走势,但是很显然他认为他能预见。”8 m& z4 L+ y( s4 e7 u
3 b+ H0 p9 {. K% }/ GWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ! }; s8 M4 I9 f0 m- ~
麦口称,市场放开后,市场竞争将促使电力价格下降。但是批评者们不买她的账。麦口还是坚持说,能源产业的竞争一直都是“非常良性的”。 |
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