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Deregulated power could inflate prices' i6 }6 ^, |7 M. U
Warning from consumer advocate group& Q7 S# Y) c2 C! L6 H
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN i0 W5 L0 | n; w) v( t/ n- P
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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( N% p& j! m$ g来自消费者维权组织的警告( I+ s) a; w3 Z. u/ K* u9 w* y# r
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.
0 K3 y2 @+ r% \+ 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。% ^1 n" p! u( Y4 n9 m1 N
3 s1 {3 Q) H. n' }$ ~' Z, HJim 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.
+ Z& {$ I5 c; O1 W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% c- x. z1 c$ J4 K( s5 N8 w
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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."
( H! l5 r) }# Q( o _# y) @“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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' L0 M2 E3 l) T: k: x% r; o6 }0 ZWhile 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. . L3 |" g+ x9 v% y- \
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。6 b# [6 c* y2 Q3 m1 s" 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.
, y X& `" b2 o- ?0 j' s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. : i1 E2 }7 P. j% O
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。0 Z) ^/ q% L# D! } r- m8 {5 Y/ r
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 6 _" {4 E+ |9 ~! c% Z, X: ]# a
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划( w+ g `) g/ M' r8 F
1 E5 N" }8 o- J1 T) x( q, cLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ! Z1 A- ` H/ \. [* f3 I0 O
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. # O! v7 V) Y1 z
“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.
. i3 X; x7 |' |. y/ R Y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."
, O) \, \6 \0 y; s( H“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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: H* T) ?: N8 ^1 t; ^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." 9 _6 }, l+ ^6 A) Y8 q/ j5 z6 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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