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Deregulated power could inflate prices
, Z* s# G3 a B9 G2 _1 @! J2 CWarning from consumer advocate group, [, F8 P( C; v/ J' ^4 o( W
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ z/ q! T6 D2 |9 y+ @
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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7 {8 G2 C3 N5 pAlbertans 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. + O0 `( l6 d( \9 i; t' A
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。$ v/ V; o$ O1 U( I# m; y
* J1 r) _3 ]9 u' GJim 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.
% \$ ?. I) }* M3 |0 @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." 5 N2 m) X5 n% _+ D' N: l0 L
“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 K D- q0 H# z. y. A/ y- y9 |
5 p! T3 N( F5 k( S, `2 JWhile 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.
: ^% n% R, D5 u5 k( U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。' |" ^/ i9 ^( l6 @& m- X
9 R/ S* R2 _, |& v0 V9 IIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
1 @7 p. S% J' ^5 ^, J- E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。% f+ i) J) o5 X2 T& s' f& ~) U8 X
! U. ^( ]1 t+ S4 ]2 H8 }In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & A1 c$ Z$ c% 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。' }5 M" @8 Q/ |2 v% D$ t1 s; n/ c, Z
( e3 A1 ^5 [( y9 V t xThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ; p1 [ s5 H r
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划5 C: v2 y1 e. S1 n+ W
# s4 S+ r* X, y/ l) K9 ULiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 3 V2 u" h0 V) W, O# A) j9 x! J
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。3 _4 d& {- w& C0 S: g* G
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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 U$ O- `5 N$ ]7 L“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. & _* R. Q* k+ a
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 E7 w) a+ D% z
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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." $ `7 I7 D. N4 k! ~) y
“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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& d3 E9 d+ W; Z2 g, aWhile 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 e( b# G# U% ?* R0 c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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