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Deregulated power could inflate prices
7 d* A0 q( M. y+ x4 ]8 iWarning from consumer advocate group
2 s6 r% D# k# b' z/ u+ ~By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨% U" I. ]2 }0 r I0 k* Q4 B' F
来自消费者维权组织的警告 W0 n9 l+ O, O9 h' V+ b! n5 h V
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报1 B+ g" e( a7 x6 K0 q1 k* d# F
6 S2 y& y4 H3 f! E8 R+ a! p, c$ uAlbertans 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 z, r7 Q2 X8 ^- k, i2 b1 W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。2 L: D; F2 e- G, n2 Y$ n3 G
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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.
- P. \% A9 E& _, ` ^3 k* d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." 1 x/ g9 M9 U$ u
“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。”) w* g8 U: g! R
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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.
1 B: o: b9 o8 y; [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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
) K# i5 t( I% [ M a: l) A9 B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。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. : d3 }8 Z B2 L2 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。: z! n2 H, e7 j1 i
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. , M3 d: p- r1 p3 n# t. G& q
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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* {6 }8 A5 S$ n, fLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
) ^- C2 W9 u. T# w( f! w- b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。. M+ W% V& o; R. m: Y
' |& o/ I3 J- s0 `6 e a7 ^3 G"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 8 Y- B7 Q/ J9 w n$ 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。“: x! ?8 J& ?7 N/ C
1 A; b/ Q+ n, p8 l0 ZAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
( a( S0 H: I7 K9 a埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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2 i1 h) R: p3 G( l! M! A& V5 k$ A"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." ' }, c- d2 |, x2 |! t4 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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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."
$ ^0 O( ]! b; h+ v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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