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Deregulated power could inflate prices W3 w$ a U( v( u$ C
Warning from consumer advocate group; J% c/ A* a& C4 o
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 v; H# p. b; d6 E$ \3 C
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html; T u( s# d# E' w! W
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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) ~. \9 o! h1 U5 h; K* S8 i3 qAlbertans 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.
* ~; j& A9 r! P, n6 u( f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。
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- {3 p# o' T$ k, C, r4 @Jim 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. / S% e: |# S6 c2 N
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
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8 S. t" h$ t+ _" ?& p/ ?/ p"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." a1 H. V* t' d
“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。”$ j) l' I2 d1 ?& m
9 G1 F/ i. ?7 t& `: m- [While 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.
; ^/ d3 E! h5 M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. - G* G1 @7 d: x1 j' g
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。5 o! O6 x" K0 o+ x$ t6 t
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
1 l) R& K% a$ v# Y# T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。, Q) _/ q6 Y# H( m- q
' c5 {' G* [+ eThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. " ]. N( F: `& B7 B/ r
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 D4 p' {' P3 I
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
$ t( n; S" n, h自由批评家休.麦当劳说,原计划被悬崖勒马,是因为政府发现这计划行不通。
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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
' |( ]/ v& p& p0 b: y' Q* {+ f“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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$ r$ c. i- @% }. M: }4 gAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 7 |9 e E6 q: K2 d6 v3 j% E
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。+ D) \4 {$ ?5 |. t+ z3 j; s
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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."
) M& L' n+ Z! q) W* _5 ^8 Q8 G( e“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。”
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3 e9 s0 y2 M% {: E& X9 {6 NWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 7 G" v0 q/ P/ n
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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