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Deregulated power could inflate prices3 H, d; S: f7 E+ X& ~( m6 K* C! @" ]
Warning from consumer advocate group
/ L9 i% g0 D$ mBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
) p, g/ Q% X$ A- F来自消费者维权组织的警告+ t) p) J% Z' F s. O5 b/ Z! ]+ G
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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: K) s7 u! d ^1 I8 BAlbertans 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. & Y* d! I# b, `
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。$ Y @' S' W/ v$ s6 R5 @
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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. * `6 e% u* j% E8 s! S% u
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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& K7 k ~+ `- I"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."
* s; D; u0 r$ ~) |9 E& o4 S: A3 v“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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! ]- s: q% m" c% ~! t6 iWhile 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. + c1 ]3 g* k y7 s
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。& l# g `8 X5 c: K
* R' M6 ], u% v* X- n) FIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 2 {; x& |6 z6 ?% v
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.
2 _) V7 R" e) X% Q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。/ V l% `# c3 U+ c
8 Q5 H% @! i7 L. _. K2 |The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
. l. }3 J( d8 \! J4 h- w省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划5 G0 ?' I9 O, D+ M" \+ P
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. L3 n* a' s; o( ^+ s& I
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。. U; M' q5 f7 R$ ?* r: x0 ?
# G, Y5 |7 w- C"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
/ Q3 \' ?) s- T( u. i“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.
9 n( B) g, o0 m7 ^- h. [埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。, w. u4 I4 Y% [/ ?( _
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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."
8 Z* b5 [( e4 @, q1 V6 n8 s/ o g“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。”$ W# E( P0 n/ O% w
4 z3 W1 K2 m) a: i( ~$ QWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 5 s# J- c& c& b' P2 P; c7 C% L
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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