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Deregulated power could inflate prices
# b# K) B8 D) x5 j! K, Q, a1 iWarning from consumer advocate group5 g$ X; S1 F( g+ Z5 t) G) s
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN: O/ y% B$ m# E; e5 z2 F0 @% `! s
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨' N; A9 H. Z- U1 ^
来自消费者维权组织的警告$ Q$ M9 X$ \ K3 h3 X5 n! R
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报# Z5 I6 N: E' u6 b( H h3 J; d3 H( p" N
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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. # q6 x. \% `( Q7 x% 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。7 u- D9 v: z o+ e
. y1 Z; k; w5 R7 GJim 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. ) t5 X: ], ?. 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
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- I, _' l5 |9 I; ^0 A"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 e' _% e2 l5 V/ h8 H“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。”/ I6 V# O% |/ `- V+ A' C- b( ~
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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.
$ ~/ N# F6 c+ J6 S& y5 Q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。3 m) C) [7 \+ N' {+ q, s
2 X0 ~5 o$ ? r+ B. T1 c2 w UIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
* K% @6 | _% K$ ~* l p6 R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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ; B: j% N+ Z- q7 c7 O& V' a/ S
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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) |. q; Q6 n+ uThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. $ a7 ^7 v2 p; x% [0 L. a
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划% X. [; C5 Z1 N. _' S
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( m! h: {4 K: |# ]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。
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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. ! v7 V$ m( 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。“. D1 V. P; F% d( ` P- e6 v Q
2 j7 E. `! |+ n& t: BAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
" Z( \) Z5 U# ~3 J- E埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。8 b* V) u t0 l2 W" G
7 z8 f1 B9 ?- K"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." ) K7 b/ b/ \& R! |9 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." / x" X( B' j- Z
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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