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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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来自消费者维权组织的警告4 `/ }; s# C- [7 x/ r4 p
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. & X3 T( m- x8 V- [/ ?
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。* l+ [0 i0 p0 O, j6 G0 }' E/ |
1 [: X4 {; d0 u. N! Z8 X3 O3 `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. 1 B1 ?, B( C8 L" c( p3 C* A" ~. K
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." 2 w, U' E0 A4 k7 e. U
“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。”+ l! W( D6 g( I) I3 `2 e: I
& V; s2 V) \0 ^) q8 b- F" pWhile 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.
4 ~# Z0 w: l( b, ~* j' h2 W1 h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。" n+ x1 B; c, y! v" U3 i. _1 i6 Y
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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.
: w/ y! R1 N, y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.
+ b* y* s! S! F* e7 {0 n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.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 N% o0 C" N; k, b3 s' J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。+ W' }( C" W9 K% G! R0 ?
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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.
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1 d- K. F" b7 d3 O5 hAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ]9 d3 n( [9 b: S( K! Z4 X
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."
, n, {$ ]: t$ H [2 K7 p3 s“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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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 z7 u: o! W* i- Z) I; `5 a% h# R9 O. ^
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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