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Deregulated power could inflate prices
! `' t8 `$ }2 {( iWarning from consumer advocate group
9 |: e; C- s# m) S& W, X- _2 tBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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7 l) f) I" P1 `5 U9 T1 k放开市场将使电力价格上涨2 ^2 J2 O) G' a6 O3 I) n; j
来自消费者维权组织的警告( E2 u5 f. a+ ?* c2 Y1 g# Z2 K
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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& C! K1 i$ K& [- K- l7 s' w% T1 BAlbertans 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.
/ v H0 L" K) X. s! c! g! J2 _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。) } R5 q: V8 U2 J
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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.
3 V9 c$ }# b6 K G/ u( d6 O+ ~- b6 g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6 [3 Q; r6 {7 M" q" |8 E; I
. p8 o) @+ l, B+ b' 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." $ q! N, p" T) y3 o
“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。”9 _' T$ R1 {) B& p
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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. 5 D& O! G$ b% V* `( L8 {" 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。1 o# `2 P! s, u4 i1 S. Q, T' q
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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.
& ~+ D% V" D) `& A' [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。1 b4 t+ |7 |$ `- e
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
8 P9 v! C3 \4 Y; i7 J- ^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. 9 @; P* w$ U5 y1 \: ~/ M! q u) D
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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* t4 K! M! V" l* pLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 G9 G7 {6 V. [: ?' u) X7 \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。" Y4 b# \ p) D1 _
4 ~- \9 ]. |2 y5 p' g"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. & C" B( D: Q* I( j% [4 h
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 7 i3 ^& b% U* Z c% o6 I: b
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。( l0 P7 r" o1 y2 Y, y
$ e8 f+ d, _9 m9 p5 X' q"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: W6 o9 u7 t9 K) R% b“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." 5 U7 D) r1 @1 B9 j
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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