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Deregulated power could inflate prices
+ o c3 x6 ^: _2 U; p/ nWarning from consumer advocate group
& F# M' w; M( t6 U9 H1 nBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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2 t6 q: h+ y. o1 y1 T放开市场将使电力价格上涨4 h8 d2 {# \$ R+ a1 v7 a+ \0 _2 _# N
来自消费者维权组织的警告& E: Z n# P# P g& ]# e1 w
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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# n' y9 ] t9 }; ?" E+ GAlbertans 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. , m/ ?. C$ s* @9 @9 p
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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* v/ s7 Y3 [ g3 U, CJim 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.
- `& v1 U# ?$ L( u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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4 S Z2 t5 \8 ~. Z* a* _' l"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."
7 k) x2 x+ i6 o+ ]8 S“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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6 z! [, ]' j, H5 NWhile 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.
& I. `, {( z" 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。
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% Y, L3 N* z2 O. g7 a4 T7 hIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. # e# T# W( A9 n6 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。9 r! O+ [! r3 i
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " m! c0 i K" B& 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。
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) j1 p) k4 f& D" ^The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. , H# }# }8 [ S$ m$ p6 u7 P5 U5 E
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 u- m: J5 B. ^* L: D! _( q7 f
% ^- w% M p6 Q" J$ T& v: L* \Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
/ W" F. ~# J+ H6 c+ L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。* f) @7 o! z _3 ]' h/ i
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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. 4 A( I& o3 o o6 _& [- E( G2 l
“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. 8 ^4 D- g# |- [
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ k0 M0 j3 M0 }. h4 |+ q
! w5 B- b6 p) V, 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." 7 }) x6 K% O4 Q9 A, u3 V3 \: N
“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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6 c5 H7 {1 Q5 X# VWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
3 x3 k* M+ P4 @. ~/ n+ n9 m) d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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