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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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5 l4 W6 Y5 H) t: j- e# u" l来自消费者维权组织的警告" Z3 e7 J y/ a) a2 p+ _0 Z- d( D1 `7 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.
0 ?6 S$ r2 t5 n$ L4 O+ F* V0 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。3 J _! c7 [( H0 z
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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.
+ _4 A! c% I4 ?! z& ~2 }; a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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* C$ W( g& @% @+ _+ i1 V"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." 2 u: k j) d$ V5 U
“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。”! D* m8 c D, e/ X* H4 `
+ B0 a+ k" ]$ sWhile 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. ! e0 V: i/ F+ k+ d6 C) ~
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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; Z3 M: X/ S1 ?If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ U; i$ K$ e9 k& e* G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. * V% l, [6 d$ m5 {7 W
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。# s+ q. n, ?% n' u: o# [6 S8 R
6 `& C% {# ?' ^. v1 t) H1 b( ^8 FThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
$ ?! q4 y$ Q8 y" y省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划- e, ]7 `6 n, ^; \$ c! O! k& U1 ?
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ! C' j3 y# h; v+ d; s8 U) B# e
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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0 a! R4 s: V2 q8 Z) C9 A4 u3 C"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
3 i1 ^# Z# v2 ^& K6 p) W, I“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. ) t6 X' K+ Y5 V3 y0 ^* Q$ S
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。+ m/ j7 p5 x3 d
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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." / x q8 D* M2 w- I2 _7 H1 T
“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。”& y( T9 V% X/ q4 K/ \2 a9 f
5 B- X. ]. F L+ q/ @2 x: X5 ?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." 6 n+ _7 O% w; H P- t N
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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