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Deregulated power could inflate prices0 d% ^! ~ U+ ^
Warning from consumer advocate group- `4 J& ]7 l; e, H
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& t4 o6 h9 O1 k3 n! F _
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
* d5 M1 H; ~- ]% x6 P来自消费者维权组织的警告
! C( I& `" H# k作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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3 \* @/ c3 d% g/ O! |' }! DAlbertans 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.
Z3 V8 Q& s% A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 H8 |! a# Q8 `, T: _
3 Z4 d! j" X& P, z% JJim 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 G6 r1 s- P! D3 c/ L
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- }$ k9 ~6 J! b+ n8 g- H) F
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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." 7 J4 n- b9 Y/ M
“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。”& z: ~ e8 b1 W( {, S$ R
5 l* b `4 G5 g" o+ h- rWhile 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.
2 s# d/ J8 n6 j" X9 B8 d- h& 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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. . z6 Q9 A+ }4 Y+ ^1 m. H
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。; F1 W _# G. _6 m4 B# Z0 X3 R
2 k7 @; V+ ~" hIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
" E6 Z. x8 {0 d: 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。
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7 Q, L" h2 _: p. C# m0 ~The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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0 ~0 P1 N$ X* x& e" E2 i% R9 @Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
t+ F" m/ a; ?& W8 M0 ^7 w4 Q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。: \& `% ^: ^6 ]; ?' j- x+ p
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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. - p& {9 t" `# A2 L o1 k! i$ {6 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
, A7 m { U% T' ], d埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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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." 0 g/ R! K( C% b
“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。”5 A0 P+ q, i# I
! F8 { o5 a- e7 k' x) 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." ( o( }& E4 m& v' E/ C
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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