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Deregulated power could inflate prices( U! K+ A; e- _6 Y
Warning from consumer advocate group7 {: Q0 O8 K) v) t: i% F. u7 {
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 @+ _ ~3 r8 K N
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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( k2 x6 `8 I9 hAlbertans 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. # g3 ~" q# R* D1 f6 L: M M% f
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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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. / T) A1 w2 J% D" k: v; n1 @, w
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* `# W9 ]6 S; k4 c& W- l
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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." 0 o5 r; R4 ?3 ~. ^# c6 b5 R6 x
“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。”1 x* I. x; r( m
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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.
7 V) W' c- b# f$ {' F5 ~- 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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d1 K7 y$ ]* Q- YIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. , i- B: a3 A2 r4 Y( l( l, k. N6 d
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。+ \7 ]) l1 ~* N( P
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. * Y0 |6 X: U4 q3 z& 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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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( z# L% I# E3 x9 q ILiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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. 1 i9 q# Q. V D) P u
“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.
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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."
5 o; f' z) c* x. U" Y$ [“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。”! p; \: p8 X1 {+ H6 \" K$ f$ l) B
, {" g: g! t, ], Q2 ?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."
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