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Deregulated power could inflate prices& j* X0 }7 [5 f. R3 j' E9 v
Warning from consumer advocate group. B$ ~7 u$ v$ F) R! E
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN* D7 }" _% j! |' H4 l3 M
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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# S, F9 _5 d9 \, X7 e& V& {0 G5 n7 T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.
2 P& d; n9 C& j( Q7 |* }1 z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。8 I- i8 `4 M# a+ p4 w7 N4 [
" c8 }- A/ t8 S4 b4 MJim 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. & m% Y7 y9 X' |. M3 a- V! X
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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; @& w, [ Z, H; y- c$ d"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." ) u6 K& Y a4 Q4 d
“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。”1 U1 y9 r3 H' Q' P4 s9 b6 f
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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.
# l/ B& L) D7 q2 m1 [2 [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。; \# Y! y4 o; k7 E
6 F1 p$ o/ [6 a* t. C/ P% G9 HIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 0 K8 r4 s6 P3 q* ]. g, S# |6 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。+ W) b, E9 k5 N0 [& t
3 @, ^& \- i3 E$ o/ W! uIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
; G. I, G2 k. q" G5 e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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& {, a4 u! o( l; _% _4 w) cThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 ]7 h- N4 f! @% K+ _省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划+ \8 k9 u; m9 J# M' q& i
2 E3 x/ d4 o- R) jLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* e) L1 a! ~" O+ r/ P" x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 i o' ^& K! r- H- n& l"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
, u/ B3 j# I. _& P6 F# _“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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/ }0 L, V: I. N4 E- U) gAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ; s/ O% Z8 k% h5 e1 z
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。! W4 P2 c+ Z4 b4 P7 }/ ^
4 M2 `5 n ^4 _! x. s"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."
1 y/ }# q- C# K& `% g; s! A6 H“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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3 L" ?/ T0 Q' r9 M4 S# EWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
' I8 D: A5 f$ E3 w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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