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Deregulated power could inflate prices: e7 `7 @& h' s
Warning from consumer advocate group
- {! s$ }: b- oBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN2 H1 n: e8 P4 a' Z$ _' W5 ^, o
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨# R7 [9 L. C' s+ N
来自消费者维权组织的警告+ y5 w9 f/ S7 g3 v- F8 p# i
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报# J1 Q8 m% y: I) t' H
( ~/ ?: f% c% U2 w# n# |9 v" BAlbertans 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' \ |9 ?( ^# ?$ Y
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。2 Q+ @- l4 Q+ P/ U {& R+ p
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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.
, I3 P+ k) Z4 p1 ~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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1 \; F" C4 ~& [4 N! a" E' ]"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." . D4 e# i9 H( s, Y, r! b7 c' l
“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。”# b1 X. D0 u/ D
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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 V& A% n% [) w8 u 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。
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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. 7 e4 u5 d3 j% Z
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。- p1 Q' O3 Z& i- A m
% S& a4 Z2 B$ `& K- m GIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " y2 r0 N; ^6 P: \" ^
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。- v# W; ~$ f. N& }: Z
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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" u( C* `; p: W% d- Q- jLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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. , } y/ N( u5 W; f0 T* Q$ R
“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。“# L, ~3 t- u2 \& x. y! F7 C
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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' F9 _' A% ~1 B9 Y4 L. o7 X"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." ' z2 M8 M9 F) i, r
“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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5 E: q. Z0 t4 z2 mWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ; f% n5 P. m- V! E
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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