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Deregulated power could inflate prices5 P3 V5 |7 ]' b5 O! U( }3 a
Warning from consumer advocate group* k( N7 u2 `$ d& m. G
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' R# ]: w. |* Z
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
! `% I( Y' D+ l* E放开市场将使电力价格上涨
R1 m" X7 R& S来自消费者维权组织的警告5 {" R! y8 W) K# l
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报% v7 b, t9 t) K" P
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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. " y- y! j3 E" S" ^/ f- N
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。% J, g' |+ M) n: M# x: R
" e% y& Y! B' ~7 P; k6 |& O, H" T. KJim 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. : I9 | K1 |5 g1 ?
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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$ J" g8 I8 \- ^4 z"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." 6 K" o1 F0 d, ^2 ]2 X" n" 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。”* p7 g+ {) R& [+ V# I8 C# v4 i- [; ~
6 w' Y5 u w' t- _! N- S4 Y: xWhile 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.
- u+ h' Y5 o0 {& v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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
) S# F3 D, ]3 [0 y$ b E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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+ X- t3 @( C0 q+ b' ]2 ?; C6 ^4 TIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
~9 k9 v& t- K. 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。
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F: @3 k: P1 u& cThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. % V/ U% B5 u" J) c6 `
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划; s/ D8 T; j: S' e/ e0 J
) A( Z7 I2 H8 |, kLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. n( U! R+ i+ J$ P5 d
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。9 |' i0 a7 X* i3 }
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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. 5 R* V9 U' S c' u
“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。“* X& L; a( \8 n! Q7 T: h
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 b. G6 I7 ]& _2 {- y0 S( B5 y. n3 _
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。0 U' X( c3 I% _* f& \9 _* w
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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." 5 `( e* P/ W& E. `. Q9 ], S) {; L
“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."
( t: k7 R: ~7 {: K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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