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Deregulated power could inflate prices3 y7 W: l5 `- l% U% |
Warning from consumer advocate group
3 i5 I$ c1 \2 V d9 K: w" {+ fBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
# H* L! o( V3 u- s) _http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
8 k9 V. v2 Q1 _# f' d放开市场将使电力价格上涨2 {! G. |* M& @$ W. v- `
来自消费者维权组织的警告6 [3 ` I# B$ {" E4 a1 \* I
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.
H. J2 H, q5 Y& s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。( ]- X; K# q; q1 s
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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. : ~# R" ]" k" K r
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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"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 N/ p" i* M0 D3 A' G L“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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/ E( J# f7 `# j6 Q: S' aWhile 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.
; h! ]7 K$ f" E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。( A" E( c2 y. L2 j$ b5 p- ?$ X% M/ a
. ?7 p$ F- Q0 B& z8 b+ gIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
/ X# e7 N k i2 Q* \: a0 ?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。* v* m! B8 `; h8 T$ n2 s2 K3 N
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
9 g6 Q# \7 O" W# ^; f, T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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- w! q9 H% O, }8 i/ }3 gThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ) s1 h/ h" H( n* q( s
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划4 @7 \0 N8 U! p: l$ T, g
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* ]4 ?6 Y, E5 B/ T6 ^$ p7 A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。1 [' D9 b3 Q) K) a; a5 }$ k6 n2 R! i/ n
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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.
. W+ M* F2 |( `+ r9 n4 ]% O“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。“9 }. y7 A) b3 I. I! M
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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 T: P' L: W: ~
“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."
' z! A" f& ^# x/ B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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