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Deregulated power could inflate prices% Q& l- W* S' ]& u+ @
Warning from consumer advocate group& a3 W1 P# |* \3 b
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨& `3 X) P) N @6 V* s
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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.
2 [% ~5 o% T1 G5 U! L- T' J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。5 k7 D6 y1 }2 S0 [/ L
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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. 5 \$ y" z; @* c" h x0 r, _9 W) R
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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, K8 [: o }3 K- o4 {* r"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."
: M4 f: {( v: B6 U“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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6 E- G6 B5 z3 j6 \( \2 h) [* y" vWhile 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.
; T/ M+ k0 M8 B( F f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。
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# F( G3 R: T' r/ O7 [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 R' i" @# U2 \/ z
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。
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' n3 M6 }8 V# R. G1 |& t4 C7 a* eIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
2 a Q; C) a6 l% h4 `! K9 A6 o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。+ }! w0 n1 z% O9 x
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ^' p, R9 W. k
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划" j7 h0 B2 B6 T. t& I, L# P
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. + V7 j: \. d1 X1 y0 n; p
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。% H% i& v( B+ U/ Y( C6 w+ r; `! i
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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.
( V; ~, S) N4 E& D+ R5 S5 |$ l“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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/ s" q) h, Q3 ZAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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$ \5 A1 s. V. \* Q"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% i) G' t1 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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% O$ B" P5 C: ?+ ], QWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
' H1 C9 d0 h u7 P* J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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