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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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X7 P( U3 @2 B5 D8 F! ]By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
' U4 f* H g% W! o4 f" q! V2 V作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报4 t q$ K: M/ t2 {1 ^1 j- R
; j: Q& t, O. M2 B" g8 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. " p) G# t2 Z* \, U+ X2 b" i" m0 ^
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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* r4 `7 ~3 D/ ~7 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.
# M9 P5 e' G' E8 {- |6 b) {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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"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." J) {! I& r+ k6 u0 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。”; w8 S; H4 r9 }1 m3 G8 _9 Y. U
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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.
4 M% {! k/ v7 ?# d8 p* o* B) z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/ d* E1 N5 K+ }If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
: h' I5 |4 M8 b/ q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 K3 b& e+ ?" P4 a# Z3 q4 Q6 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.
- i# Z' i0 H$ K& |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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; ?# [5 [1 T0 X0 @& K# C5 {Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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! V9 b5 H' G( [. V"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
1 r5 A$ R( \# @. T- E' Y“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. & v. { H; D) ~0 y
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ l$ U6 U/ J& e: i2 c2 B; ]
1 ?! M1 G! E7 J r7 H"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."
/ x) G8 C. i' c, r$ \, }: v3 ]“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."
# |# X" d' J; k7 K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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