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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 T, N& f' n/ I
Warning from consumer advocate group9 F0 ?9 ]" ]4 s& X# H
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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5 x) \8 k- B* |7 ?8 ^, u1 T q放开市场将使电力价格上涨
7 |# C# ~" {: x, P7 G! r来自消费者维权组织的警告
$ Q: w3 Y2 y! K5 ~作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报+ x9 R9 J% e) _; {
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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. 0 F8 M( K0 F8 n! T9 {: C
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. , T/ k: j2 y9 k0 v
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5 z. f* ]+ |% e) |7 J
. T4 V/ K" R$ H0 s"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." " K1 h6 U4 c; B
“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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6 A* ^5 |- r/ A2 n/ T* m4 KWhile 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 W1 X1 x+ b. s$ ~! n
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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5 F* q) H$ A6 ]( }( z! hIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 2 u( ^7 [& ] t+ n( G; \% W
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。% X# w |8 \, a& u& c
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
& G0 L. d2 U/ W/ y) K! z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。
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* f- [% K* X0 {4 w8 O; ~$ n9 `Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
& k; G7 f$ _ X m( ?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。' i# j# d2 p9 X. C
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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.
L( Q2 A u: B, R- I- x“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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1 H; ~+ i' T ?9 J; gAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. Q4 y/ U i# M2 E( `
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。* x4 L, `$ \$ |% {6 o
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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." 4 h! | r4 |8 j) N3 Y% f' v8 ~
“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。”* X1 }1 }, l+ ~
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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." 6 N' q/ F. i1 L6 F r- T6 f0 |
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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