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Deregulated power could inflate prices
1 E* Q) ^" y( k' g6 aWarning from consumer advocate group
J- l# R' j5 dBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨+ H' r( N4 k0 W- x( H/ }
来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 |% P0 n# c: }! B$ _6 V$ c" h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.
$ Z! |( Y/ a1 w" @' r# N3 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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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.
( k0 A4 `, o5 w: q( R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" F' J/ a( ~# z( p0 e t5 `. S
! c- c# n# z8 S) g/ L/ Q"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."
# L; @% \4 j) o; X% a“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。”3 i7 q- L: z6 }& {
9 N7 b% ^. J- s; W+ a) |# EWhile 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.
* P9 k6 Z8 n, u. V& t+ a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。2 V* S$ E- D. d. y2 D% t
9 d% ?0 {8 [- v: W# T! o& V' sIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 8 |* O3 f* E* W% S6 [6 W
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。0 H, L1 O5 d8 ?- }8 {8 J1 d0 Y
" i" \4 L' r3 d2 j5 gIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ) l* x6 f6 Y0 D, q- k% B0 K$ i* ?7 q
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。# ?' ~3 g9 I- V# ]6 e
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. , O' n5 K$ {) F
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 t+ \8 v+ H" z4 S( h) Y
: k4 Z; H+ L7 s! N6 r# L9 lLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. . g# I8 W6 `: F5 c0 h
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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& I. Y2 H! r+ ]/ K1 i$ z9 } J$ X"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ' x9 B0 C# j" _1 B3 T
“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。“9 R: U6 C: w0 i6 a$ ?$ D' q
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
, Y1 v7 z1 p- z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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( n9 F7 b/ n+ h! r7 [$ t"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." " Z# g, q6 G* d& R" }
“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。”9 T a! a* Y# z
2 U/ D1 r9 m# GWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% g h# ^' M) ~+ ^$ ^% y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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