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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 P: p U$ G- s# v8 hWarning from consumer advocate group
0 J! a3 `: l# y5 D; PBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' \3 Q# G6 s! w$ d
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
- j1 s! A6 S B* q. l* Y作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报4 a+ R% Q6 L+ w: }
+ p7 D4 C9 ^, R. H3 v3 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.
5 y1 i$ X4 D3 s5 X9 f9 F* ]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。 |. F% }# y6 k' K# J8 _
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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.
7 h& A8 u4 A$ Q$ y4 h# P4 z5 M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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4 L- H. X9 L: C& Q"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." $ C- s* [3 a+ ]4 @3 j& [ ^
“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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4 G$ F; M3 T* d( ^3 `+ |7 ^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.
5 }4 q" b6 Y4 c$ u: D! `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。+ k: n) H7 O' D- X* d8 T. v
" m- n6 w0 ]& T6 e' r/ mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. $ R3 @+ c6 M7 A
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。( _9 l. D6 _9 B e( Z
" S+ e `* N5 ^/ j. a5 WIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. $ B* G8 S- P4 Q4 S- \8 @
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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# Y) \- n A s! N4 cThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
) W1 @2 C1 R8 E. I省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划, ?3 c6 s5 L; S3 q: p3 u. H( g
" u1 U9 V7 q; `7 x5 V! |Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 Z* K& a3 R2 }6 Y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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" f$ R9 F( ^9 s2 i/ c8 v1 p, h"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. / R4 d5 l; P/ \- e3 D
“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。“2 b5 _. |3 g; m" ], x6 J$ q
( o% c- u ~5 p% t* h8 c! C; 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."
% R9 _( J A, G. T e“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。”2 v4 L7 Q; r3 J% p% Y) L9 i
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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."
# G8 m( t5 p4 Q1 \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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