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Deregulated power could inflate prices
+ T8 p% m5 E6 l7 ^- ~Warning from consumer advocate group2 S. [: W: o1 @ V" X* |
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨8 z/ e6 _" _9 z, q" X0 V
来自消费者维权组织的警告
. p5 O' l. U; w# r# L作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, o: _5 I _. I8 d' J0 b
& `1 ]3 \. r: f4 I. J) `/ D( 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.
8 R. @, y* O7 j$ U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。& T- Y( ~- m$ |* ~2 n
1 F# _, x* ^8 tJim 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.
9 W$ G7 L4 J3 x3 k5 j( B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5 \4 G w# r; r' t
) p Y" [3 G P1 t5 D/ ?+ J"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 l9 [0 ]* b: R* W
“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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While 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. + W( \# c l, s4 H2 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.
( o6 D1 G. O/ n4 Y3 ^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。" E( F% ] P' z2 N! u& X7 k
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. : o3 w0 l1 v6 u" W- 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。( @+ \) t; a* }5 B5 t0 A" J& I
6 w" X' C1 b9 g" T% H) ]The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 5 n# ]1 K( m3 l& E2 {+ A
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划2 Q3 y0 u, Q9 A) O8 O
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
- b5 r. }* S' q2 Q% A6 K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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8 O9 e) @5 G7 h: S( `! J"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
& r: h- ~! J+ h+ I9 H& W2 Q“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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% }! A: S( L$ a$ TAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. + A$ S4 ~5 c) \# T. |$ P) d2 ?! ~, ]
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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0 S" v1 r3 a' `$ t/ }2 N. |! N$ H8 D"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."
1 W& Y3 h4 s9 u“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。”& ^" `: |/ L# o8 ` V9 B
4 I. g# }# U ^3 T& ]( SWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." , C/ q' y* f; V3 s6 J( u9 W. _* |! |
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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