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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 l9 Z4 s; J3 I: uWarning from consumer advocate group! O! |, g1 ` ?' f
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN( E' |. G- D% w' m- O( k8 ~
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨* c4 q3 l! h' V$ {2 n
来自消费者维权组织的警告
2 Z; a6 E# P) y7 D作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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# c: u; o+ R" ~" z4 }* GAlbertans 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.
- F& ]( h3 m# r* P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。) b; C3 t7 l8 g; J2 i8 z3 T3 D) ^
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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. + a8 x& K W' X9 C! _
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7 V: K/ K2 y. ^9 A7 [6 Y3 w4 F& X0 u
- U* N- t* D, f5 X: l3 N9 @' g"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." 5 z# k/ i/ T" i- q# ?
“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。”" v9 T* c/ ~$ |- A' U* z5 N& w4 {6 e. f# f
4 R* r. F6 H9 \& ]& aWhile 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.
" P2 T4 n. U2 W# m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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " {6 P8 w! D4 W, 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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; D# K$ }% N0 f. mIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. / b) i/ m5 m$ d: D
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。* ]5 t$ I8 r* g2 m
- S; e2 p! m5 u9 [6 ZThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 I( I1 ]3 a+ q$ Q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 `( ^% |6 f; ?0 Z7 k
* k. E' R4 l: H9 i# tLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
. }5 K5 T1 p) C' A& f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。9 l; k; N W8 e( ^! F
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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.
8 M5 |- N, O5 N9 ?“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 N: f" X! B0 N5 i! r& o, q B
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。6 [0 M$ j. J, ?0 b! ~6 [2 T
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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." 9 U8 W9 v( l4 s, [) ]
“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。”- c" ^& U, n" E* R! J
/ r2 j* a# T N- [5 w* J" rWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
+ Y* S( V! E2 _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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