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Deregulated power could inflate prices
) A6 L8 b9 v' PWarning from consumer advocate group
1 T2 s/ U, Q6 W0 e Z# ~By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨( [* A. Q0 p; D6 \7 Y$ @
来自消费者维权组织的警告
5 m. S8 L, M: r: R6 V作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报* |9 o. B" S; ?# t9 U3 r: P
% H9 [' T$ O* H* P7 l7 g4 C' iAlbertans 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! k5 c) D7 n$ ~3 m* S, a$ g# 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。
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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+ ?* t, } v$ v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9 C' J! ]( E1 p; h: w3 Q- s& W
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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."
( L& o" N# n8 g( _“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。”, c# Y4 U8 E% D& u. P' h. j2 Y" J* d
* L$ ~4 b m: }4 E3 y& C* V- kWhile 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.
1 q, Q4 g! L4 b- N2 C- U* y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。* u6 a) {) @7 t8 x( E
* m" c) Q4 S4 J8 _If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. # S4 |3 p. N4 u
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。' T$ l$ K! K7 e0 r
$ M: z$ X3 L4 h1 L3 ~- IIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
' T3 E7 ^' C8 ~9 J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. 4 g5 r6 k& |6 k: X1 e3 X5 @" w
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划# J P) a6 V9 m. D4 D8 y K
6 H% s: o7 X0 k9 R) FLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 8 o' y2 H- W2 @" L3 S; F
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。2 A" J4 k7 j3 S+ q+ ]) Z8 P: X
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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. # r1 d5 e0 X5 z6 |4 \! i
“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。“5 F6 W% J( |8 Z5 z6 }% q! L
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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." 4 f8 N( e4 p1 h( P ~+ z7 n: h' w* 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。”7 H% ~ P5 G( P8 B3 F" n
+ \3 S; m# |# f) a& H& IWhile 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, E2 d* F# n* l0 v' A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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