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Deregulated power could inflate prices
; `$ ?. { c O$ H2 X& Q W) rWarning from consumer advocate group
/ I6 _& O* u; `, {: ^- M2 f3 q4 ?By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN/ o6 h: e* y! b* h1 n/ y+ a
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
) r/ W( Q3 G* o" ]$ P来自消费者维权组织的警告5 M' X8 q% R! O% ]) t
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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4 x( v7 z, O- ~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. 9 P( c6 B; P4 s8 O7 j
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。1 O$ `. W/ q4 h7 k
# f. }7 P; W- _7 Q3 QJim 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 b9 [# l7 j3 f6 x6 m Z. r# d
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3 `% h8 |# S1 o3 t
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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." + w# c0 _; g+ D0 x. q. E
“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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8 C; Z; s8 H' k7 P7 Q0 R) fWhile 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.
& L$ I0 e2 e% E4 H. N" ~: f3 c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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+ z- m2 Y) b1 @/ {- n6 AIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
( J* O3 _/ p2 V, E% l1 O# K" k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。6 K$ J2 L, P3 Z) d/ [
( V! E0 c4 _" ]$ D Q6 H" p) m. wIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
5 G2 U$ |! q6 I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。; {' f$ ^9 h9 ^- o4 m
" M) T ~7 \ P8 kThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ; {1 j$ s h# S( Z! P, V5 p- L
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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u8 ]( Q+ n) G8 Q# xLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 0 D: l0 j1 }: `) n
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。+ X% M9 L5 m6 l3 {
& _0 K1 }$ J. y. c+ V; v: a8 ^"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
$ E9 q- O$ M( y ^1 p9 `4 n$ i$ Y“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。“0 q9 k" N' H0 x5 j( ?+ i, t$ |
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 2 |8 Z* L# a8 H, ~" Q. J. Y
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。/ H3 n5 |; R% K" ]* m
8 ]' f1 `! o' g1 l- w"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# R3 X! @ y3 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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# T" S# n3 y( B9 b2 P, IWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." % l% T1 `; y+ |- ^' v. T) c
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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