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Deregulated power could inflate prices- [, z3 a9 ~+ \$ v
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
- ?6 [# X0 M! Z( R1 d来自消费者维权组织的警告$ n* P* h' R3 z: h2 }+ [
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. # f; k9 [- n! T
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。# U. O6 {* G& f! [: ^7 _3 ?0 b. n, c
) `( s2 } ?" W1 [ CJim 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. \, O( R7 |+ t1 }
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." 9 ^9 [. \3 W# j" p8 o6 m
“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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( t) V* R. n* k8 g* x6 @1 UWhile 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.
! ~! ~8 N, _3 S# ]/ n9 z! f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" i6 \' D; r. m2 S; l0 p( o3 x
; d: G2 L0 f* \+ S6 S( C) hIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
: t! ?0 j) ~5 ?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。! {' ^4 a( `7 ~$ h
+ t3 V: M; L3 ]0 b- Q# n! t; N6 v2 HIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 3 s1 P) ?+ }) A! g% j, M
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。8 j1 j$ ?2 z# C9 A" L2 A8 r5 f
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
, V/ x4 t1 X2 e省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划, f1 u+ `* V9 m/ {4 C
1 I5 o+ k* X. D% CLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
" c& o& f/ |( m9 h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。6 Q% K/ B$ e9 }' e
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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. 8 E5 b8 \* p2 L: M. ^$ J
“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。“0 P0 j8 K9 W1 ^
2 U: s$ e/ E5 WAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. * x. _ o7 k4 }+ \# o
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。& b# w" p8 ? L3 S1 d9 m
! u1 `; {' y; n1 I& p1 ]" c6 J; J"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."
* M- g$ K" S A2 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。”9 V0 Y: M g9 \* L
M4 r( R; n) c9 `$ }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." 4 R9 M6 a* B9 g# }$ j+ K
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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