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Deregulated power could inflate prices
9 @: m8 \/ D F; ~1 |2 PWarning from consumer advocate group( T1 s+ N [5 ~) p+ Y" p
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
4 x. ^8 V3 J9 `/ W9 lhttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 e9 `: u# M$ x5 L. ~作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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5 P4 D1 l$ G1 c" x m; j F1 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.
& |( q8 g# @8 q; P l3 d5 z7 U/ r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。7 m# _( c6 U# A
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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.
, i5 R& R1 J9 h6 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) s& ~9 }! K* l# j# J0 p
7 K) n O" m* V, J8 k c% D"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." ! O$ O, y5 x* n! D: ^% x+ D! m
“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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0 Q1 D) b7 ~0 ?- aWhile 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. & ~" ^0 U5 m$ M( J! |( J& n8 q9 u
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。/ p1 {8 I& |+ y. h1 M# X3 k* h
. H8 x0 t+ o/ w3 a* IIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
# v4 a) t5 i2 S1 K% O& g; A5 n* |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。) O" l6 u3 f) K# T. r: X
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. # A6 L4 {- ^! z
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. 3 r6 {$ G9 E; e
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划* [* l8 v- k, W( F
4 z9 G) D) [/ t8 x$ LLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! F6 T0 k9 M4 i& L; V3 p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。
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& {% R' R! M9 F6 V4 G" u"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
- L7 N6 \% V6 o- m# t) 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 4 W7 S4 b% g9 i. p$ E/ m9 q& @
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。: {4 ]7 \/ Y- R
5 {2 z0 }% o2 x, G, q! b"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." 4 ~) U3 u5 a: G* c6 `8 P! M: M
“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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h7 `' x+ Q% EWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
, v6 N7 y2 ?/ `7 x* F" z& ~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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