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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 G2 s( Q7 W, H/ M" O
Warning from consumer advocate group
2 f. Y% W* X! b% w4 }3 r% G% JBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN/ L V2 A( F- U% Q' y
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
/ g; x) o) U9 B& h, e% I放开市场将使电力价格上涨
% ^ |0 \2 q5 ]来自消费者维权组织的警告
' c* i# N3 c) E( `/ K) O1 _7 g. O作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ S0 y9 ^& t: h- c! n
; J; |4 m- }# ~7 B. fAlbertans 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. 0 {( F4 t4 r4 d" z, k, C6 R
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。; o# I. i+ N2 E* @. ?3 O% ]
g+ {2 a2 a6 o% J" p, a- W( _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 Z1 b- S: J' h; l, {% ? [
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 W. Y4 D" b1 S
2 X+ U8 D: {; l3 b/ g/ a/ ]"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." 3 g* u+ f2 h4 F# P' e% O; n
“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。”5 r6 ]! F1 S5 x
) M/ Y6 B% C7 D& m0 a$ SWhile 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.
- D6 ^3 P6 ]9 X, r5 w$ G3 Y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。( Q& O/ w& @3 }9 r5 d7 u
6 ]9 K4 H- ~ R8 ?If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. % f4 d" }& t9 v
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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; i, V* A) b; M7 Q* GIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + c S0 g3 F: B
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ! J: I# U( Y$ g
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
. o; ?% ~+ g- a" g/ S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. 5 C B4 I9 G) G) t' {3 s: O
“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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3 h" X. a$ r( I P- HAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
4 C; M! N6 v# V2 C/ G* N埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。! ?" B: B: e+ {8 c# \2 M/ U0 V0 f9 e
7 K7 M$ J% f8 T V1 }+ A( w! b# I"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." 6 y0 g, k' M5 k! 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。”
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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."
9 P8 T( X3 N D- J, [; _0 E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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