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Deregulated power could inflate prices( w3 n+ ^" R" N4 G; x3 t
Warning from consumer advocate group
* J" e8 `: L3 f5 [6 h+ }/ P2 Z: ?By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& |% l5 V9 u, d+ ^$ i: ^3 _' g
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
/ @' b8 }! _: a7 O3 b( E$ S, D1 s放开市场将使电力价格上涨
" S2 K0 N% F+ A6 [, l来自消费者维权组织的警告+ a% |, ? I$ K7 t: n
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.
; i3 G8 c) j0 J8 N" I: E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% r9 Z# U! C5 i. ]
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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.
5 C' E+ p. Y* U- j+ E( S: R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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) ~0 n. D) v% D3 C% T9 p"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." # Z! J0 K$ b) ~2 ]
“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。”. g" w8 J2 {9 U; N! o
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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.
. q$ ^# n- E! R8 o3 C% s7 G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。/ L% G5 ^ E0 H! n. A2 J
+ c0 n% @4 s z# M# Q0 r& n# {( xIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
, i9 }8 \" h4 l# p8 s N5 ?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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& c7 ]* f4 n1 k' D }, E- v6 kIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ) ^1 \5 Z! X/ ?3 E( P# Q& `$ C
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。2 \$ Q s: p8 v& x! r: a
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. " @3 v1 w6 h" e2 e+ K5 a
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.
( D& v- ?9 b% b8 P% F) x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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- P5 K; O% v& ]- ?"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 6 U" b3 ?2 w5 ] N9 R4 n# ?% w
“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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) }; ?) b. Y% f, f, \" @! aAlberta 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." : Y! b1 h' k7 F4 @' i
“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。” Y! U$ S% @8 g2 P
! l2 I r4 q% H9 }3 G+ QWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
) {$ S ]. y& @" q: D* h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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