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Deregulated power could inflate prices& Y2 Q2 K6 B1 q) T5 p# G. O( T
Warning from consumer advocate group
9 c8 R( H* J* ?+ t9 P& C5 }By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 M0 z5 [" b" a# A0 _6 e
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html, _' H% N! }8 d9 I
放开市场将使电力价格上涨+ g3 L4 Z! M3 x
来自消费者维权组织的警告
: q* |4 h6 w$ L# o0 |9 i' @% j( `作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报* [8 M7 O5 r+ H2 o9 h
+ @2 p% ?5 Z5 Q, yAlbertans 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.
- q* f% y; f1 j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.
0 g5 S; {( F: U6 C ~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." - ^9 W( a/ ]$ R" V' a
“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。”5 Y) N7 i8 n4 E5 Z; A6 n5 ^" y
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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. 2 N' X& W9 k8 U, x- |
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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$ K+ \9 m [/ \$ k4 mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. . y( i- ?9 F5 b! p
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。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " U$ S' B9 o/ M/ p4 W7 Q
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
' u, O2 P5 ~) F# Q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. " s+ Y) o: ~+ a4 G$ e( ^6 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。
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3 {' ?- |! O. i/ r" v: H"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
q6 E3 k, Q- {; ?“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: W+ |( Y0 A( m- s
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' Q, |. B$ L3 K+ d {& `8 B
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。" _6 r2 v* B, p* Q1 _: C, t
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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."
# [+ K& T9 b6 f' `. V# v“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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* Q7 o5 T4 Q% p! ZWhile 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 n9 h1 R/ H* ]
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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