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Warning from consumer advocate group2 N7 H* @1 B0 E0 S( _4 E. O+ N, M3 k
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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9 D# O4 ]# E% q" v' |+ j来自消费者维权组织的警告 e7 H+ A! k; W& ?8 z- H8 G3 ?0 Z2 w
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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- q: b* _+ N y; M# a* Q" f1 i$ yAlbertans 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. - A. @4 h5 }0 _ K- _- [
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. - W" z6 v2 d# a/ L: v
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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, J7 Q1 w" ~; H; H"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." % W7 U' I( _8 k+ y; C3 z1 F4 s1 Z
“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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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 E) a9 |, K( ^& A% Q: r
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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* S% K3 }) y# z* C* MIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 1 Q4 a5 b: o; G }$ 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。
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4 D5 u& e/ {8 T+ X' c9 g7 aIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + Z; i2 A/ w1 H( C: Y! p& M
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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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 2 Q" n* D+ B, s8 q* N7 ~
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。& t5 G7 l M8 s/ u' i1 ~$ W
G; K5 M+ ]; t: e& D0 i5 B"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. / T9 g7 @, L) E2 Q
“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. B3 C4 |. |7 Q' p. T
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。/ W7 T/ @6 |6 O+ C5 g( R2 K
* ]% P; x- q2 D; h9 u"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." 9 H; [. Y' p- } `* X1 a( M( O
“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."
, f8 f/ I# m; A4 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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