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Deregulated power could inflate prices
$ l* A/ d% j% G% NWarning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨. w. A4 \' r3 u" ?
来自消费者维权组织的警告
9 z! w, k+ m! J' B( {1 Q作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报: i' a0 Z! D Y5 _9 P5 L
5 R1 J& {% S$ ?8 X6 f) A% M5 J/ EAlbertans 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.
. }3 J0 e% Z* [5 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。0 J' p2 K% V4 @& l/ X$ k
- |( }2 b# l. ^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. # h1 f% c9 H" U) D# y2 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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"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." ! Q' L7 {) F, @+ D# u$ @5 g
“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。”" { ^. w9 q7 q. Q
' S4 t, o! @! i5 w$ G0 Y- X& C8 MWhile 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! i0 V! D9 v L" y8 \
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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4 ^! v) ~% M" ^. G7 H# M! X' aIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ) f! n4 ]. L) H, R
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。4 H1 \1 T; w# _# g# N8 _" f
# `" }9 g0 r" Y# wIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. * [' q/ w5 j) b0 N* S% M3 F
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。9 x+ }6 F: T/ T5 w; [0 }" R
. `- e. t V$ `8 }6 R& U7 vThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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0 q9 }6 x0 }; d. KLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 3 l! n1 Q. G- e5 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。% g- D. T3 |' 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.
! j% _ \# t+ b0 w& P. p5 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。“7 Y* h( l% f0 K5 K3 F; A2 k9 J) {
( [, a) D; W' N$ \! N* p' N- RAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
1 |4 t; P. Z f% W9 f7 S埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 `4 ?3 w7 S4 k! I
; g& s1 K& {* W: a# v. D( {"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." - m4 z/ S; s) U* A, J4 H( I% N
“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。”$ I7 w, a }7 ~# D% ~
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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."
# i2 k' z; G: P8 ]; I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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