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Deregulated power could inflate prices# x8 w" E( b) W1 Z: K
Warning from consumer advocate group
6 m; _3 j% @0 r5 pBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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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.
+ U/ e) ]2 y' |0 i$ K/ `- e% w% C; Y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。! j, z. U( y n& h- ^2 J; P Q
+ ^5 [( ^# {4 w4 s# U+ J) pJim 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. 9 w) c5 H3 D! W- m7 }. g
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/ V( S" [$ l: J C. L* d* V
/ H; I! W: { [$ F5 I6 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."
+ W* s% R5 i7 f- N- ~/ u) L/ m9 R“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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" a& _8 w# [2 x; z, B/ z$ CWhile 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. . D) i* X. {/ V. u& d5 L: J1 f. c. d' ]8 Z
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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2 Y6 ?" b6 Y# N8 ~4 OIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
2 G' d) _1 o+ F$ g2 S" ~+ K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。) z6 p9 K/ r+ \' r7 ?7 G+ X
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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 y- L7 F9 h$ N" S7 v$ d
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. 5 g7 B5 Q9 Q6 q1 ]+ J, C, J: y$ l k
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划: u1 G7 c1 r. c1 J" X2 K
: i7 n# u- [: p/ A8 zLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 0 Z! }6 J, @ i6 n4 g- s
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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6 I" N* ]; O' G, m( \. {5 n"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
- o5 d. _! d% ~- z“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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. o t. @0 m9 g3 `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." 4 {- z# ~7 M. y7 m) L% ]& m$ a1 q
“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." 6 j8 _% }! g/ q* z9 J2 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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