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Deregulated power could inflate prices: h7 g# z0 ~" R! K8 e% P' I6 L1 }
Warning from consumer advocate group
6 I2 j( e. ?% p7 [: l! T7 xBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN N/ b1 s2 u8 Q# {
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html. F- B. { ?! E6 N, @ v4 f* g* ?4 y8 {
放开市场将使电力价格上涨( V7 w; `9 i/ O; t& P
来自消费者维权组织的警告8 Q3 |& w& ^" a) D7 |6 h. K$ E
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报3 b) k- b8 P( L
7 R% O3 V6 T) y9 g/ ~, LAlbertans 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. e! N/ w4 V! G0 K+ p! m6 x! Z, X) 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。
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^- h3 q, a3 H, b: c0 YJim 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$ a% {& o3 m( B1 [# x
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
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+ Z* C5 X" q0 Y6 v"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."
4 L" g. Q! y* l5 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。”
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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.
) p+ l3 ]$ z7 Z" v5 j5 k8 ]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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0 s2 J9 u; I q2 C) t* Q4 QIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
7 r: C& A. N2 k# I6 R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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7 M& s8 k! `) [: eIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. H! v( X' f8 B% Y0 e2 p% q$ 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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/ K) U8 L' A4 t$ B* m% g6 }The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. & H+ n# o9 q" h: f, ^
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划 C5 W& A6 {2 G
2 Y4 O* h; f6 rLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. l* X/ y+ w9 R& N/ B
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。8 A' f8 z* Z1 _
: t5 @) k) g" E"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. : }0 D. a6 J! E! t
“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. ' o& ?2 l# ^7 U. _
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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# C+ d2 [& N3 w7 k. P. ]"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." ' m/ ^& N6 k+ A
“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。”- c1 V! z+ X% d5 G9 t3 y2 }( }
: O0 `& J# v4 l2 G! d: yWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
# j# k' I3 B* v2 J4 F3 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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