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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN" ?. e# R7 e" C. ~ z; z
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/ }! Y- y# v5 T: @ X5 u9 q- I
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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( E2 c& L" b1 V2 oAlbertans 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.
8 A& {4 b s3 h; S6 t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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& P+ Z4 r1 I# g' _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. * r6 }/ s3 S' G+ e' e) V/ F. N
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."
6 O8 x% y! w$ f7 }4 f+ \“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。”
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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.
9 y" Y2 ]$ h1 F1 }& o- 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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! j g& ~ S3 e p, ~& {/ 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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9 |$ }" |( x" E7 D8 d2 a) wIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
% ^9 h( I7 X* }! |3 d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。4 L5 G: ?# [. D5 B! k# J; f6 i
+ D% F1 u4 d b) h/ J/ dThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. + ~1 U7 {, k! K" i( n H
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. " L& X# r# U8 d
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。. y( W, ^3 M( P% i) 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. . y; d' u$ P7 {7 e% F$ Y" ]0 ~
“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。“' F% G$ a6 |/ Q3 E6 [+ F. v
( k6 g/ U% c- J0 \3 q, J' E% K( FAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ s6 M0 d0 J( P% Y! P& @
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。3 M, |7 w% f/ ~0 b
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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."
s5 s; ?- T+ [, A( z- E“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。”3 Y+ r* C# M G* e) G
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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."
; M6 w9 V& X6 z# `/ b7 f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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