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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 G, y& W. z* W( I' S4 m1 g# P
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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+ K! ^5 J; u2 ^. W1 i# D作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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6 C$ W0 n: T( @$ a$ X* V) n8 c, nAlbertans 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.
: ?5 O- {# Q8 `3 o% l3 B0 d5 [ Z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。7 Q& T& `; Y o# B
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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. 1 j* ?6 M9 g0 C8 X7 t% l: 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0 b4 [8 E! h& Y
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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." 8 R S$ N `4 @1 T# l3 P0 h
“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。”. |. S/ m- a* j" w0 ~% V8 t( B/ x3 E
/ m4 H: M. Q9 X7 ?$ WWhile 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 S9 i% d" g0 a' _/ N$ i
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。* K4 Q2 S" d6 @0 X
[. {/ {) U3 W9 c; D3 EIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 7 C& A2 v5 f6 H5 M" }( D& g0 ?
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; x2 o# Y4 l H* d
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ' r0 T4 I, R. q2 b4 v7 _# N; }
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。" a4 U5 w+ D+ c4 K3 G$ ^
) y7 T i- g* G+ n5 k- vThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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3 D7 w5 H1 p6 n7 U* S& L- _Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. - f3 a8 g0 Y. p3 ]. 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。0 i A( @8 e" V& {
; j) Z4 R3 P! r9 g8 \"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. % q. w( H' V# s$ }4 P) W* B
“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.
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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." + I: B1 t, Z9 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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+ D) g! I* E9 H- [! U" oWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." , Z* {5 y7 S. q& b
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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