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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 j: i, y) W2 `& o9 ~
Warning from consumer advocate group# W! @& F T" m% Q. H
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# G) u* i( M }' u' L
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
2 K0 f6 U0 c5 x0 ^放开市场将使电力价格上涨: W+ T1 X3 T# Y: ^" `
来自消费者维权组织的警告+ V8 Y+ X' D8 V4 {+ l' t9 ~
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报4 E Z( E+ a1 Z! ^
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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.
G* ~5 d( r: p* l# N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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4 ~( I' U# B4 D2 e& |5 Q$ X, g. tJim 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.
# _ }% e* [( H- t* W% {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: r4 N5 t. R# u3 k n* b
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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." 1 j: q% |* A; x5 P
“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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?% i7 t% b3 C7 X; qWhile 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. $ V8 @) ^. s7 Q8 j# B7 k
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。& A; l. I; M% m3 ?7 d3 E
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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 Z! i; `1 K+ [" G$ c
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。" m3 Y7 C8 I; \0 ~
5 q: c! s0 a- @- {9 M" QIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
4 }: V, n0 J/ w: t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。. G. {. q! d% ]# _, o7 e
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
$ X3 {" I6 r; D: Z/ v+ N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.
8 n* |# n" ~3 d( E! C3 r5 p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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5 z- N/ i4 K* Y0 v' B4 x"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 6 s8 J# d, v7 u/ e6 H. ]
“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。“4 g: X7 k. d; S3 ?: j
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. , a% f8 I1 Y$ @1 {6 D6 p* r
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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"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." $ }2 w. C$ T' `. |
“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。”6 i& ?: t6 g/ z' m. u% \
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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."
* {# |2 X3 |2 v! r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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