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Deregulated power could inflate prices- E" I2 n# J6 x. g
Warning from consumer advocate group1 X: g9 |) Y* I* a; P* R: o
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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( H l& n( Z" G' s' t放开市场将使电力价格上涨" I G" L! ~5 I; {$ f
来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 D( z, c* P% e/ I! Z z' Z: G; @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. 9 Q& {6 }( T# M; d5 E8 y8 M
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。; ]: B2 w: d7 [3 z7 @, |
6 K5 f. O/ N0 I' b2 N' g: ~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. 8 [! a5 y6 I0 |- ]8 o" 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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. D7 u3 m0 s' I"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." # `, G/ a/ ?1 T7 Q
“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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: L- X6 A% i4 Y/ G7 lWhile 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 g0 k% I6 ]! z# I& U( R! Y& x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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. $ g, j5 Y* U5 K$ _, z
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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0 N7 }$ v: b2 s' S: x: [! `In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
/ Q7 Z6 w3 j3 K& p4 \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。7 {" B/ E' ^3 k
2 d; j0 q7 t& ?( vThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. N2 S# X! A2 ^! {
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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* S+ V/ ^! O& i: h+ ULiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. . k3 h) G) r- O, 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。" D5 O, j$ z6 h6 H$ s$ z* `6 T
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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.
; R- X+ m3 K; }3 H2 d5 k“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。“/ `$ b4 V0 `' H
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' v0 \) Q7 W! f+ B9 h, [2 Z' D
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。& Y) q- t+ o# ?5 |. @8 @
( G; y0 D" `5 Q"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." " U! O$ r. x# i) P+ v' j+ P
“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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+ t: R( K4 Q0 m7 w. q* h9 KWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." . M( O/ m2 j1 w4 h) c) u) R, ]
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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