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Deregulated power could inflate prices3 ]& \6 ^' f$ {2 C; I+ j6 `
Warning from consumer advocate group
Q4 I* N4 E& Q) w' BBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨 v( H" D" J I9 e
来自消费者维权组织的警告5 C' e s, G8 ?( `+ O3 N
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报2 y3 c/ n$ t& i- \' h
2 u" n7 Y; P7 M' d, G7 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. & N' c) {" B9 I" j* B
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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5 h% e* v: d5 k8 |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.
9 y: y+ J5 u; u6 t* r, g# Q2 _7 u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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5 ~' o6 f9 j$ E o& I8 O% _"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." 9 X3 V: @) x$ [3 v4 Q% ~" M. 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。”
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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. - A$ Q( b' s8 Y9 ]
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.
+ u. {2 {) i2 L# 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。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ) o8 Q9 U8 O, J5 _
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. 2 u3 [1 [7 s7 K9 X8 @0 u X
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. + c0 |# }, M; }. Q8 B% e' Q7 Y
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。9 R: F4 ?: _( S. Q
4 X; ~8 ]' H/ C! @9 f"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
0 C+ P2 p4 ]) A4 c ^; E( j; M9 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。“/ j* x7 \+ H; a. f2 U
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
) F) X; O7 d7 U' O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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"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." 7 n8 o' z2 ~$ i0 g. X/ E; F
“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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* U- P( o% U& a3 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." ) w; ]7 o" M, e0 v1 J8 r- T9 ]
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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