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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 R; m- q( b! u4 A U$ X
Warning from consumer advocate group- e O8 I" `1 @ t) d
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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' y* O+ e# J) j- \. h) S放开市场将使电力价格上涨- m* ~! W( X4 n7 L) @, O
来自消费者维权组织的警告7 C5 t' D& G3 e: G2 g
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! m t8 s. N& M3 S
, M# C8 s+ \/ W3 j- w5 F( OAlbertans 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. % Y& f4 i7 K: w! s
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。' d6 F4 N7 Q/ H
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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. + V0 U) F( [9 n$ u
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1 w( A" |, Z( x# G
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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." . c% T5 v' @% W. H
“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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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 Y K: N$ ]. N; D9 }( U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。! z0 t, K$ ]2 C/ n0 Z& o+ C
: X+ W5 v% l( N, j3 X+ IIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 3 Q2 r) \: O7 M
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。0 v3 ^" F# h& s9 J- d/ j% e; F
' ? o7 s R5 yIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 5 [, }6 H0 @) @; D* u! g
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - Z" g3 w* C6 Q( B( G
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划: i+ r" a2 O0 w* u v
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ; V# y1 y' O$ P9 N, M
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。# P* e5 `, G+ g" [6 N' F/ l0 u. B
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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. ^/ |: a2 e6 `. 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。“
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) o1 d6 d8 F4 o4 C4 hAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
9 I0 f: f1 p. H6 `2 R& C7 A% b埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。# f: g: h& l2 F) V% f/ o
V' L, _1 D) N! l: f( }0 z"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."
+ V' q$ S4 K4 i+ c- h$ A% ^“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* s" n) v8 D# w: Q5 z
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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."
# ]+ z7 ^7 S" G: K0 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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