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Deregulated power could inflate prices
1 F5 q% T( W4 {% g* O* wWarning from consumer advocate group2 w+ P% T' K( w# d2 a/ j. k8 `8 C
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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7 e7 v: u* I( I9 a) } Z4 z' U作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报6 H3 H/ e6 G5 ^) [9 k! @# i. C
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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.
- e, B7 P' G7 k9 Z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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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. , L+ s7 S* \* U2 U/ J
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, ~0 Y+ q8 s; i- M0 ?2 f" c
' y2 |0 d _4 K7 l. z& D"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."
; g% {/ q! B7 k0 }“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。”+ d. ]. E2 P) \( e/ R
I8 [ `7 O9 h1 |( z& ?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. V3 k4 H( P% f7 ]! {/ G8 W
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。4 d& L2 c$ \; q
: g; y3 u& k1 ^- qIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
: Z" t2 C3 A) X4 ]" ^5 P% j0 |! h' o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。8 G9 e7 `3 ~$ Q% ?% g+ w3 U
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + c. @7 X9 n, ^" T' {7 Q: j+ p1 H, A0 G! ?
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。# k2 J: U3 i# |: _6 i# u/ a
: B' {; P/ D o8 gThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 1 _0 E% ~ D2 H! Q
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划0 p5 u1 i* t) S# Q' a9 D
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 5 v+ Y( m. w- f9 L' w
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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$ V6 n* ]9 L9 [9 C0 I' k"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ( @; J9 f. `- `9 H* l
“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。“+ j8 N l0 c* Y# d6 v% u5 ~% n2 q
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 z" V2 Z$ j( L+ ?3 U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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3 a! l( k; T, S+ X% ]6 o"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."
: ?- z, o: b. M“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。”1 u8 V! M+ P% m- p; h5 v. k. s
: H6 ^! O* ?3 s& X# x% CWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 2 |0 n/ w1 a8 ^2 G0 l' {5 @9 N+ 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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