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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨7 V" Z/ g. p6 E
来自消费者维权组织的警告
; p8 _9 X' l5 T2 Q- ]# v作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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+ }) a; l* Y2 B; `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.
4 K* {" ] M8 q7 ~; P, G1 ?3 ?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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3 W0 j& u9 ?- t9 {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.
; o* F/ t+ ~- M5 o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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: J, i# L3 A# U+ @% W"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 J6 x+ J$ l0 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。”( c( ?4 e; @/ _5 M) z& n
, R) `% T9 F. H. p" a2 D7 CWhile 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. ' c2 p- Y" K& ?# T, ^2 H9 F0 T. O- _2 V
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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " O3 j! B- p5 Z& h
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。) C$ B3 a; i2 o- v+ z
) z, `& t$ b. [9 S( tIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. O a# b7 s) `- J) H
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。0 [, {# f- n/ t$ x4 l$ V7 s
- z+ r; m; L! A* o# xThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. , p1 k+ z% Y+ G" P+ [; d6 ^1 W
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 v% B) x& W! s. b
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) T% N! Q8 w, _% r) W( J9 ~
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。: a8 P, ?, q4 K
3 @& _3 ~6 u: }- V E1 ~1 y0 F- R"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
' r3 I* `+ N/ [4 q v8 p- d“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。“- Z! _3 {6 S2 _) Q; l- C4 _
' d& a& ]2 s; DAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ; ^1 ^' T) y5 \! f5 }( 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."
, c3 ^/ ]2 u9 t5 L$ L7 O+ l& W“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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8 Z) X$ B& D- s+ c2 _5 @* s. }" oWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ( S+ K/ N& t. W: m5 Y3 _
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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