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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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& I% d% W4 I. ?6 wBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN! p0 S z$ w- Y" P' ?: J
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
- Z; z. x6 [" s# r! Z! C作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ K. B* u" q4 W# K/ p& W
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Albertans 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.
3 d# @% i9 [8 N& m! \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。5 N6 C$ r0 w9 C6 d3 z
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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.
/ n/ Z. q7 S5 v& d( `8 l) j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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# e/ l% N# L' }6 x2 Q4 F: C4 _+ c4 G"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." & Q# `7 G0 Z5 h
“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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2 E0 }0 n' L' } L1 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. ( U1 Q/ t/ `2 I
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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2 w7 u, y% y9 LIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
% C9 U; ^, q: \: {: `# L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。* V- M) D* s# U
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 s/ c3 T& y$ {1 G
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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' K1 i @. P2 b* _% M0 y" rThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. : ]! k! O8 p& s
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. . E3 E+ j/ @$ X* g; V- q: W
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。- O7 d6 s& I+ { ` t8 Z
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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 b, e7 J4 B$ p$ S
“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。“& Q$ n/ {+ u1 z- d
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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."
* a5 \7 f6 {6 V- R* k. y+ S“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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+ Q, n# t9 l$ j& a1 d! G; hWhile 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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