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Deregulated power could inflate prices
6 N7 k2 q$ q0 T& e8 k, [; cWarning from consumer advocate group
$ V0 g# l/ ?! P! S& k5 {: lBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& N' D8 e1 P8 W) b( F' f- w
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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0 Y: i3 a5 z6 g9 r+ @" |来自消费者维权组织的警告4 ~$ K: W( @4 K& p$ _7 N+ Q
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报: s s* Z! B/ c( }* w9 V
2 C9 N' C; ]4 o- H& D4 j2 yAlbertans 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.
& {; d6 n/ a6 v, n/ O- C& Q. ~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。/ Y3 ^( H" P, |6 i2 M
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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. 8 H# r% T# W# u$ r+ [5 K
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7 X% V" l5 S0 G/ I2 p2 P
4 t$ G' S1 i. w, R1 g4 c2 E"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."
1 }6 M1 ]7 l- M% O“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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4 [7 H# }7 }( R; s* ]( LWhile 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. ; g! [6 T9 Z" b
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.
# D/ ^* M/ u( S1 O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。 m7 D+ y8 T: P9 w9 b! j
* M, @; e: R. |: b# |In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
/ Z! }+ D: z4 o& e6 O; m* o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。- ~* H; u, k" g6 f
+ g0 a6 o+ F1 SThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 F y. i, F- ?3 F) d: Q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. N7 }+ g4 |$ \* s9 g' Z9 [
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。7 C* l2 m' |, k+ \: }4 I# ~
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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.
% J7 v; b/ q. g; A“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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8 G1 n* \0 q8 o% x4 GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ) k6 h; R. O1 C1 q
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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7 Z* \+ n$ |5 @8 A8 @, S/ m"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."
6 y. O4 u/ S$ V/ N3 n“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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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."
- ]2 D, j# b5 M! }1 X1 ~& U+ U4 ?7 _) v$ S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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