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Deregulated power could inflate prices
4 K% Y6 |3 ^( S# z5 @, [Warning from consumer advocate group" i! \# H. p5 ?) ?; `
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' r W0 d. x% m, e5 t2 k; f J
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
) |( t, O2 L6 X. ^放开市场将使电力价格上涨 r* O( t, Y. g5 o
来自消费者维权组织的警告5 T8 |4 c$ j2 P" `! f; b9 e2 ^* e
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报. N" j% J" {0 ~2 S d% A6 J$ v
# Z! l( `* R" s5 ]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. ; h# q7 H, I8 U. K& s4 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.
: q* |7 e9 ?* E7 L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- t% h: c/ [. ^" g
3 B% b/ E: p, s$ S; b. X2 c"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."
5 U/ X: Z# \( |" Y+ l; E! |7 x( B6 K& }“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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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.
6 d) Z9 @5 J' H* _) s) j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。: G8 K7 g9 ?" _! a! ], v$ e, `
) G8 [9 {, V+ H& jIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. # K) `: r# j" k0 m, I* i
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。. A. P% r P* t! S* t; W# K
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
4 }% `, J) n h6 ]# d8 b( }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。# X! X3 K1 s4 d& o5 E' @
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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& C; R( ]3 J, G7 J) V0 ALiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. * b) b8 }1 C* j4 P, L4 I3 b/ 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。# A* s' |4 i" ^: J+ g
2 S8 @- K+ H3 O) ]+ ~( f$ ]"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! ?$ R: z( o. S% f3 E
“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.
8 T ^# \! l9 G8 D* E% {2 q- s埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 q$ ]' _: @) ^# U+ r0 H2 j
! v$ k) ^, o1 q% n! v/ P"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." 2 q; ]4 C8 _' g! Z
“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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4 q! C4 @' T& I8 R f* }3 _# `) ]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."
, y1 O/ F1 t- M) w6 n1 p' i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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