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Deregulated power could inflate prices
, B! O) C6 O) |# Q, s5 oWarning from consumer advocate group
' X: ?# S/ c5 y' i' J# BBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN+ n$ l% E/ u1 @( Y8 I3 |* A5 B
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
: q& m! _/ r( [+ { d, I3 B# f. Z. H放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ A4 G+ k* o' O, S4 F来自消费者维权组织的警告; z$ P: q/ X/ H- G' Y- Q
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报" \8 H5 V1 W# ^3 R
" ~* Q' C2 E/ Q8 w. QAlbertans 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! K+ |) q/ _5 x
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。- q" e. a4 u, C) k! `
" I; A$ Y9 K" a# mJim 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.
( R1 a) u$ o9 K2 y# v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5 r( w1 v# s0 P( U# Q
4 ^% y1 ~, D# ^0 `2 s2 M"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."
, A( Z* f" t5 I4 {' r4 C- T k“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。”8 Q0 ^/ c- T* l
. M2 H! j7 P& `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.
; H# P7 N; u2 H* t( ]. `3 v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。, H1 `8 O+ ?- [7 W x( D9 e' f
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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 w5 i% F( e; O! E$ N) K" q
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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% H% _5 U0 L0 M5 vIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
7 o/ |# I0 c0 g/ w# \* D- m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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; i4 H/ }! Q2 Q# X% M3 v: X* t+ kThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 8 V( f5 J7 w6 e1 Z7 [ i. f8 X
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , v# r) o$ V4 l7 ]) o
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。
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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. 7 ^5 e4 ?4 Y' F' y) N
“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。“& i/ `# `% @5 k
5 _! |, m5 X- VAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
5 b( j# K$ f- z4 Q2 Z0 \( g埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。6 t5 H/ S0 @1 D
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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."
* F0 ^8 L" f) J) ?4 c+ V“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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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." 6 X& N3 f3 @6 L1 L e+ p
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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