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Deregulated power could inflate prices ?$ X" y. R3 g3 j
Warning from consumer advocate group6 {4 r+ g" l& S& ~
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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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.
S; l. J3 j1 E$ B8 U8 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。* c. f4 J$ x) W2 E# o
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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. ( J' N7 m& S/ S$ v3 b3 ~
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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+ |, o( M7 D8 r y7 l6 P& J"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." * d& V7 F$ Q% r) p
“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。”1 a0 |. y2 ^+ n# ~1 C2 L# E' _* K) P
1 @& K2 R' S# @& c- y( hWhile 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.
3 z( n' A; D Z8 E q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。# ]2 P* j: a+ z/ Y( D. k$ ^& a( z
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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.
8 G* c1 G9 a5 @# x! j, {5 c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。( T* x6 V+ o. X% W1 v+ y. {
& H' Z6 [. ^0 OIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
8 u0 h2 h$ X; j, a" g0 _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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. s5 N, E, {- N8 G% K0 MThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 0 U) H: ?) r( m
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划 h# H# o# j4 f8 X0 X. C e9 Z
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 k, D$ Q! j# d- t/ m0 m+ G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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. ^( V- y* p: p"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! W9 }5 {! v) p' a. o
“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。“4 M$ D' `' |5 o4 W; M, b
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 2 l$ i; U" w# K: g4 j6 \* G$ Y0 c
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."
5 Q( d" }4 y) j$ w# ^( a/ I“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。”0 y; x4 T- E" O6 ]0 |; q
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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." - j: T+ @5 ]/ ]4 S
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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