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Deregulated power could inflate prices1 e# N: _2 Z: [
Warning from consumer advocate group
7 x U n6 C3 y% `! T& VBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN4 Z6 z: c$ M. B
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
* E5 u, C A- P. \7 T% i放开市场将使电力价格上涨& |/ F( \2 e a+ P$ X
来自消费者维权组织的警告
& G2 d5 B: A2 L2 s8 E作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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$ J6 Q* m6 ?: v6 V! zAlbertans 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.
9 M- A/ ]5 \& S4 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。1 D/ z1 W5 V0 `7 P8 Y
4 n; [! P( b- ?0 lJim 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. ! P% z4 l% Y4 m i! L3 \4 a
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# }" U2 I) w5 d9 g
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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."
, {* `) x1 B' m/ r“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。”$ _7 A$ ?7 U4 _: u3 L3 \% Y$ x' X6 a
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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. 9 t9 |8 B( E; \3 n. o( ] S; o
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。1 O" q9 L5 d( w Q/ p
9 R+ A$ l" ~5 P+ K! p" nIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
6 Y# N8 a# I' e$ E/ p3 F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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. \! `3 F* X3 vIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
% O+ I9 W) h7 e" G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。; ~6 g }. S3 x
! `2 Y) k8 x1 \+ Y3 W) QThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
( z( t8 u% ?" Q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划, G4 J% O F/ K) u
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 0 n$ \! b/ t/ \
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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
9 H) S e. c' p# w* n7 [1 [“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。“( g( e3 R; l% J
' J& Z1 m! i- @ lAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. - W7 t6 _$ P6 w/ B9 s$ R D
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。4 L4 t& Z$ |1 A0 y9 H/ S
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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." ; o! o3 h2 S! L$ 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。”
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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." ! K8 V4 c% i V1 a
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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