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Deregulated power could inflate prices* d( c/ G% l5 k8 q. p
Warning from consumer advocate group
0 u4 [4 |$ S2 `7 l3 Y# U g3 dBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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5 q# ?& ?/ @' ~放开市场将使电力价格上涨% M+ P9 U# i- t J ]5 `: K* o
来自消费者维权组织的警告
' x Q5 N$ @! C* s6 V/ O, e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. ( h! e% |3 W9 U& }
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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`# I% t( N$ c3 p1 C& {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.
2 _( x0 f; Y; m- m& k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 J5 U0 F0 a- l9 {* i"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."
4 L/ e9 X* {! x, S3 i9 e! a“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。”3 o& H; s9 n4 \$ m! f1 a
( i) q& m# N. p4 x6 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. ' J* r5 n: z* _7 I, @1 o
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。- G. i0 R. I$ w
# {! H) v/ s; t: q! t! v( r9 yIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. + I; @ O" e$ m0 l2 o; y: 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。6 K. q, N8 C3 s6 H, i; e
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
( m/ F$ Z( ]: s; {4 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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! e! Z" f# [ \2 W0 u7 eThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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* e/ {( k0 B; c- D( f! W2 WLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
) L* h+ |) z% \8 U- \, 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。# f3 \: o" q' Y& _: K& v
3 M1 b1 E$ i) C$ Z; E"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
9 ^" N9 X' ]4 M' b2 B3 E% H“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。“3 Y4 ]7 x% {1 {* ]* N+ X
$ P2 k; f% V/ B& y0 ]Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
$ A i" T9 {& P0 P( G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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, X3 L1 l; u: i5 j+ T5 C! C# O"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." 4 ^ W! I1 ~* q
“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 S% q3 X2 }, x1 ]
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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."
; E4 e% u. C! d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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