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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN$ }$ m" ^+ b% F4 k; J2 J- W
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨; B- I4 v) n1 ?& O, A" O
来自消费者维权组织的警告
8 }. p3 W& N: A: k& |' [% P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. ( l* r0 s; S- p* p& }# n
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。
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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. 8 K+ f7 s% i# Y/ c
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6 h" V/ d' U* d3 N+ `
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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." 5 `2 U! l8 f, o: {' z, 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。”& O& t- V( Y b1 }0 S Z
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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. * _% j3 S' J% b6 C
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。. Y" e* f2 p5 a9 V* t- h) w! ?+ q: |
' f# d. b1 Y5 I0 g( n( w4 cIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! K! Q3 D! w- `+ n% S
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。3 ~! V7 y/ W/ K: h
- P; y h- i! O6 B, U1 t1 Z6 RIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
+ h2 E: e( o" Y" S5 G- B2 r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。( g2 ~' T+ l+ u; S$ L% @0 c
. X9 { e/ f, R6 l" n7 i: uThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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! m+ ?4 j, j0 H2 @% p# H: p+ ALiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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. " h8 x/ g. Y H- L m4 w
“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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G7 j/ D: ^. D$ {Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
* _8 \$ B5 {. u6 r/ S9 u埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。- i/ F: e: k, j7 O- V* H
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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."
$ p2 N, {( D; \% 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。”
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: W1 } T z7 o# L9 y0 `0 CWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
0 k. E( @3 R5 I2 o" K7 W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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