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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨( s; L! l6 k5 n: C0 Z
来自消费者维权组织的警告0 p0 b. @9 L$ }: k" P# T
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报; @3 T4 U$ ]- H& n1 {
: K; ?2 [- U# P+ z: T+ ~1 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.
$ x; `3 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。6 I/ t* h) m) P9 N( G( L# j3 D
& ~. s8 h+ h6 M( n3 NJim 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.
- r7 d4 X" g* X, Z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' v& `+ C( Y* c: j5 Y1 j
) i3 ^4 F6 P' q( z0 u/ I"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: a- J3 _, _9 R* ^6 K“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。”+ y; z* R4 k! h7 f& d
! v7 q* V* v6 y. r: |" `) X, dWhile 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.
! F: ], x( a6 z4 p& D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.
9 u5 C; M5 X" y, r) Y1 h) B3 ^( [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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 9 [& |$ h3 m2 j4 d7 B) H
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。
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省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划/ J9 Z% t# p j2 o$ F; X# J/ K8 q
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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% s& l) V4 O# D' y" ?/ W1 ^"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 4 H0 V7 G" h" R: M/ ], P
“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。“" _3 Z4 p6 B5 T( k: L$ E
! A/ f! d, M) C$ I+ x( BAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' z. ^: m& y0 `' y6 S) r
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。- m# W6 ~. `1 i6 f6 H3 y; m
3 P+ ^+ J7 q/ }) N0 h4 H9 O"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." % r0 B% g- _/ X. ?/ x* ^. 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。”' |+ F& h' y. s5 f0 k. Q3 t4 [4 `: ]' y
) Q& p9 a! D- C" T1 n; z* J# 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." O/ l3 ^( {% X" n d) h& N: o& i- N7 i
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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