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Deregulated power could inflate prices/ P/ B4 _6 s( t
Warning from consumer advocate group
9 |4 q ~* @7 G0 O: a% M! D% D7 HBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
" A0 H7 H3 G; u R6 rhttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
' }, u y8 J3 m `放开市场将使电力价格上涨! M, U, F# [. ? V& X
来自消费者维权组织的警告8 M% j9 }7 K& Y1 i5 Y5 d
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报7 | I- J) X8 a5 _4 d
5 E1 H* ?/ `+ J7 V) M9 e/ oAlbertans 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.
" E% B) C2 a% Q' @! Q$ U, ]5 K& c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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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. . A4 ?. {6 y: p: K, `! M( m0 U) D0 C
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! ~ B. r Q6 Q I
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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." ) [9 V$ F3 }, @4 e& v% o
“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。”8 L |) ]7 v& X8 B2 K' G7 L" \. v
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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. 3 t0 D+ O0 ^9 {+ A
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。2 _4 [. h" @# z( c! q. T# K8 M
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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. 1 m0 K5 ?" W4 t" ]3 W
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.
B4 ]% l- K1 B0 Y* ~+ I$ W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. : D% t. W1 w3 U" R
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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, B% X, k! r$ M1 p. O( c% dLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. $ g6 M+ h' ]$ U! t, X& E
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。: g! H5 @" D' w! f1 t# r3 A0 H
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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.
& ?0 H" K$ P5 O) u+ W“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。“- o$ g$ V: p/ e
1 j" f' f; C7 \ F8 K$ \Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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: T* Q4 E t$ E) R4 \; `/ o"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." ' ] Y+ Q+ \" q- r
“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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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."
- P# P) V+ A- ?- Q6 r, s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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