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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN; W7 @# A" \+ O' {# X" @
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
" a, Y* A, ]6 y- P Z2 d7 M7 e作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报. F# C6 N& k/ ?$ w" j3 r4 h
$ P6 a/ e4 |+ `: m# t) K: V! VAlbertans 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. 1 G4 ~2 x; s+ ]
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。# z @+ N! t5 Z2 y; U8 p
$ L% i) b1 ], F6 H7 y" J( u* D/ aJim 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.
; M7 T5 w; E/ J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."
# y( F( e" i' a+ v& T“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。”' q; A/ C2 C. x" M% Q( ?
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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.
' g" Q& b W& y* ? 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。
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" w) D+ n3 {+ g. K4 X# \If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. . ]. E" ? M x* {+ R$ I K
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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. Q% }/ {8 h* N9 X# F% JIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " k: D4 F4 e( w6 f
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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# {4 {. q$ o- g# ^6 s* TThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
2 u- { c: o# I省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划5 y8 O6 S7 @1 U" b# I
6 c* v2 F: i/ x9 O% F/ LLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) o; K5 ^2 @; {/ x! S9 f( y+ q
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。! \# g& _ d3 w, [+ p! L* s0 a! F& k
: w; J9 o, [/ j0 n& I"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 A8 E7 `7 L+ E“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。“, s0 @' h0 i* a; s
+ u( F0 |3 \ J Z0 j: |Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
: y' q- T8 l2 ]: l7 @0 ~0 k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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. W- _- P, B! K# I"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 j3 i6 x" o" c: N' `9 N# e; l9 c“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。”! o/ }0 I! S! L+ \: c
2 b6 Z# A3 q9 n7 S2 T: YWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." : ~* R9 \, C* ~' b% D9 O! d9 @
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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