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Deregulated power could inflate prices
1 t( v& S5 s; r/ QWarning from consumer advocate group( r; B; k* U6 U, I$ R N7 ]: E i8 j
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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" C) s. ]6 P) ?. p放开市场将使电力价格上涨
2 _7 K [$ @9 f7 x来自消费者维权组织的警告! I( k3 U7 j$ _$ g( K
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报- X/ r, E6 j1 ^2 O/ B
1 i4 K4 ^9 r* I, @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. m, K# x+ z2 w
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。* n) X$ f3 Q( { Q# S# r( ]! P
( ]8 r6 ?6 n c0 T/ |0 n2 h' a2 fJim 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. , n. q3 h6 }3 E2 X0 l2 t
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% ~' A6 h% w L: @
: R* c* a2 r6 ?"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."
) O8 ~. b8 k% i( {“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。”5 t( G" J, J1 \' y: k1 u
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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.
" e! U F2 v3 }7 j- \/ l$ Z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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$ [/ X! D) B U* ?! t! c& FIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 \$ A* J/ f2 n) K5 D, u
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. 7 [% G) w3 y. d. k9 T
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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" s/ m N" b8 e2 LThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 7 Q+ b$ p3 U1 B- [( Z
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划6 S, r! t; g, e
, y8 S" j3 g) c. o0 W# ] OLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 n9 H5 ]* s, u5 [* _* u) S
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。# |- d. t0 p5 B; K# L" Q$ Z- X
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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.
5 P. [2 g9 O3 R" U' l$ ]( Q' 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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- {" D0 e4 L( x1 B* YAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ! J! F, B. a) G! o5 F
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。; R, m5 B" a% i7 q- U' ^) H2 E
6 n/ h' W- C/ x6 L5 g"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." : O. j, ^# a! P6 [
“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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' K( e0 Y. P' N4 Z0 @( WWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% E" ] q) S& D, q: e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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