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Deregulated power could inflate prices3 H% M! @" f5 [/ R$ t
Warning from consumer advocate group
- j) Z& H9 l2 O0 UBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN F J+ w* H/ ^
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 v( `2 U) z4 B8 i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. 4 d# y4 D( K, N# ^* q f9 L$ q; M3 K
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。9 ?( E. p4 ^0 S0 r
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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. 1 D0 ?5 e" \% x. W4 ` h# o
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."
( M/ v5 Y8 `' c8 ^“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。”& t, d" K3 q' }, r
' I# B, j+ X$ W! b2 TWhile 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.
" x1 s# X8 ~! n7 h" {% M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。8 d: ?. a7 R* S Z& l
7 j) o" V4 I# q! t6 K! D" ~If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
4 B+ S+ {3 Y4 W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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) F8 i) O8 L, j6 w# c# K; G, sIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 2 e% O# f; X l2 I$ _. U
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。0 S4 _4 i; n' Z1 E2 @
$ V4 W' m5 L$ x, Z7 y5 l% {; @ u6 NThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
; ~& z% L' f. h4 U' E省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划6 W- O7 v: _7 [% F) s: Q _
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. : ]) K- A: V8 @
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. 1 l U# y0 _& t& u# }
“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 N/ E4 x6 }0 k. [
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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." ; B% A+ p6 ~* @
“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." , l: i1 ^* A5 d4 U: H4 p) E% ?- m
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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