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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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5 l1 r* b, G/ l. z; T. D8 N8 zBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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4 g! ^7 @0 @; P" a- t3 ]7 G放开市场将使电力价格上涨" j$ N2 l# w1 P" @
来自消费者维权组织的警告: a# C5 J( p7 b) w: i& N3 q
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报5 X# M% Z9 T- }
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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 r, k) ]7 z# {" p4 h3 b
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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. |: `) \: b O( }0 [ }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. % z! I% S7 ~/ ~" Q
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- w" E9 j g; v
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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." Z+ C! u Q7 S
“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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2 V7 M: O5 R W, u5 l5 UWhile 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. 3 c/ w0 v# @ G ~3 W" F
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。4 a. p) t( e3 d: f6 N8 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.
: [5 M& {( h5 _* N" }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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( Q2 c. g1 ?) a+ t7 yIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. - K* |7 m$ s/ Z* O7 j, @, Z
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。6 Y7 V& G, A8 _' o; J
5 j' y2 s5 }% EThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - q* `, N; }# F
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划+ x- y( |/ t; Y( A# H
8 }$ s/ A: g( ^; p. FLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 9 e" Q, t. c Q% E! 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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 0 M5 u) k3 [; Y: r, |* ~
“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。“' P* W& x- Z* D3 l5 g$ u
* m V) d7 r) N- \Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
3 m- d0 Q8 c8 p4 z埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。0 T( R4 }- w5 H: ? `) k$ B
5 ~ b2 J B9 A d0 [; V"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." & v' y# e! H$ Y6 Y0 Y7 P8 A5 w: M
“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 g; _) I6 L1 X- N
$ l5 ]7 p; z: M/ [% uWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 9 S0 Q/ z. o9 x* J4 s& x
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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