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Deregulated power could inflate prices
$ j1 o% U' S+ g/ @" eWarning from consumer advocate group
& E. I+ O: A1 U4 }By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# n. X! F5 Z" U& U1 E1 z
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨1 j- V1 H3 |6 z: ?3 I" A( M: p# z8 E7 B
来自消费者维权组织的警告7 w2 `! {! p. y3 U
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报1 c e) r6 j g. R& Z1 D
8 @5 Q4 M. ^8 R1 i! Y! ^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. + n8 r: X/ e1 V# O" f
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! {# |/ t: q
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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. 1 c& G- D1 M! w# y& z
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, L8 E# g7 C5 e8 |& b
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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."
" m" `# l; Q: J+ d* w; m5 p- ^“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. : A$ }6 s+ s( Z0 d% s& p
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.
, ^$ D( B! a0 C/ M1 y" M7 U O b. Q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。. x3 d% ~& L+ z" ~5 U
4 G4 i1 H: h- _3 RIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & c0 n- g8 R: A0 \0 @
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.
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, [3 U% Z, w/ U! L5 D. j, mLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
6 |6 [% s7 C# M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。" ~3 ~9 m9 }7 w- L w3 v0 v7 z
/ N! n8 g, _0 y0 v- X"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. & C( y/ F) Z% X% x" T
“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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. R/ g/ c u. m: X( q! r6 SAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
+ U" w' R9 ?% V' S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."
' [2 y2 g' T4 d# T4 {“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." " M8 y# y* m$ G( O* Q- S# g. 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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