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Deregulated power could inflate prices& R' \% N" t2 @, l3 v7 f( x& Q
Warning from consumer advocate group
7 b0 g) e) R7 w JBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
9 V3 \3 E- k6 v. Y7 f$ a) R( z0 ]来自消费者维权组织的警告
9 m5 M; l' B, U作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报" e5 t$ R# x: P5 L p! Y
: A6 P/ f/ \2 Q/ l9 ?5 ^( U+ gAlbertans 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. * l7 V2 s2 A" ?. W3 G
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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7 N, F( H: x. `6 H/ @6 aJim 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. 6 j0 `# d$ D# [' l3 S5 n5 s8 e; a2 z! A
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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& a; y+ c( K& k) 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." 2 ^( \/ l8 K8 {
“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。”; R; i/ f' Z: h' V( b+ Y7 r; |
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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. L# c8 o v( S
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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3 ~# w; a7 J7 h0 XIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
; S: j( ?/ A1 b5 n s4 @9 O; V# |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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4 x w, q1 k9 T2 _8 d! eIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
; J8 x$ B$ o7 H3 y3 W8 X& b6 a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。% ~3 ^1 [! l( `& l
7 w5 G, q! O: _' ]! [The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
. J+ `! }. P. Q* ^# q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 7 M8 ~% } o/ R! Q5 w
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。& |- v# G( g Y% [ P
$ m k2 h2 r/ n# ]' k"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
; v; u5 D4 C4 d7 N% G“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。“) m0 x0 b& K: f$ R( V! v4 P. f
( C* r: `, Q# L% c/ GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 v; c E: L2 q5 Z6 V
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。( L% z: C& P6 _6 @, U+ r+ Y
2 }2 b4 J0 R! x, c% o"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."
' E1 h( n0 F6 `' `. T2 V“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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" }- {/ I: e0 v' p4 p8 P' `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." 3 }! P- o8 h: |9 X( \7 X
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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