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Deregulated power could inflate prices8 C3 G, q* C) J r, O
Warning from consumer advocate group- d0 x1 q3 J: w( G- l0 d
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN, I3 i# F" Z8 c( A8 w
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
# c& q. U' Z1 V$ e放开市场将使电力价格上涨
) @& T0 X( D, ]" P0 T( i3 a6 t来自消费者维权组织的警告! B" Y0 R: b! l3 P
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. ; j5 X- |9 S0 O1 w x
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。3 N% J$ p2 o2 X+ z+ k
7 T5 s8 E9 s6 ]% s0 D* uJim 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. ' J0 \2 {1 o; i: u1 M$ X
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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"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." ; V' V8 d) z. F- g V: q+ T
“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。”
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. o2 w' X" J a7 c9 GWhile 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. ( K# z8 B, c9 p' Q: y/ k5 h
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。( e+ r; v1 y# V8 z
, G/ U7 C: r1 ]8 M5 p: h9 PIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
/ k( O6 \6 Z( X3 \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.
. N3 s% G- r1 H/ f5 [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。3 K! A5 \1 B( G+ _! R/ D
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
1 B) m. G# k7 A) Q H; A$ @省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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2 [1 I( Y6 q' J6 o7 yLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
/ M8 o. ~: z" ^2 X0 U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。& a7 W- X% i: S
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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.
2 _: f- \# n5 j9 t, C6 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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
' ^2 n. U0 k/ o# L l8 @埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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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." 9 h/ N! U7 r) |5 O! w# L3 K/ C5 a2 F6 d
“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。”3 l% J/ O7 J0 D% g) X
p1 |; w* r, u' m; ^While critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
" R( t5 m. Y5 `: ~ u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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