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Deregulated power could inflate prices1 Q# z: [8 @1 W9 r' B# r, l
Warning from consumer advocate group, X8 [; p0 S, V/ i' ~) a% E
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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! m2 @0 f9 `4 H放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ R, z- u/ [: i来自消费者维权组织的警告8 D' J! E4 ^) B& O) b1 S- Y
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. 9 |1 S6 {; C, i+ E3 {
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。
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, l+ Z& v& c: e: a! LJim 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. 7 T- E- V' G* ~; O. n4 r+ Z
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." 5 e! p+ U P4 [( A" n
“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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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.
}: S4 X3 X7 f: K, q6 O6 j# \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。9 F+ {3 q9 L. ]& ]7 V
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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. - [! n4 T0 e5 @! c" O# v
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。* ?6 b+ T+ S1 @! H. ? X: H
. p% S" K- x/ v4 z FIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
- j; z: m% l" c( c( M3 a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。( i% Y& o: R8 C7 k/ e, u p
S: Y8 f+ p0 `) LThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
6 o- E0 w4 l6 S6 G; o3 ?& i- f2 T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.
# i T1 H% _9 a2 J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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8 g) p2 c2 \4 l! p0 P2 x"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
6 t0 R- s! e: [& ?5 o/ _7 L3 [“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。“0 y' N6 |; g3 W
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ; L& G; o7 a S
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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5 T; V, S: D) f: C. a' [8 f' ~% t"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."
: c4 Z" A; o/ G“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。”5 |8 |- F2 U7 m" u3 D2 h5 T5 L
7 |" {% u1 e% ?! ]! a8 A/ [ AWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 7 {8 r' J7 Z4 n/ T
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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