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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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* u( [" C! T2 |% L+ ]7 H来自消费者维权组织的警告
" m! v# \& n Z' w# ]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+ C9 c2 M$ M2 b4 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。; x$ Z8 m2 I+ k: X. A O( F; 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.
! P$ n7 X2 k5 D& ?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' M$ B, j9 B6 C! o+ J
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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." i6 H. Y$ q4 d2 O0 g& }1 f+ 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。”' y; s9 A5 Z2 ], X" k a
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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. 5 l0 F. K- h$ O* Z) `3 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。
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: t# l: u/ \& [1 c: U; R; mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
, v3 B$ B2 @8 F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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: d3 E) q5 |3 J1 y6 W8 _In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. , f2 ?2 p( i( g9 L& h
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 5 Y3 ~1 A" D+ R6 Z" x q
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 L0 X7 |' w% l+ ^( ]+ n7 Q
A: ]. r. q& x# l' YLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 5 g h: E# {5 S* R
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。6 [ k2 M1 T% ^: ^/ B5 s
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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! F3 d# l+ C; z% u
“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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3 t3 y, m _3 o( q% ^1 zAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 P/ `8 O/ G% I& @: p, w
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."
- E# P: `( g6 R2 c+ ?% {“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。”3 C; M# P& r' C5 m
/ i7 c# [- I {: i" n2 XWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
" E/ E4 h V0 m- k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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