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Deregulated power could inflate prices
% g- r1 d7 B$ xWarning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨0 h4 m% l, m& c
来自消费者维权组织的警告
5 ]- [' P8 `2 L5 J4 M8 h" Q6 w6 d作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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.
H# W r ~ r; H0 \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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. P* M7 F' J( n) wJim 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* a7 A, e, g* w: N
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3 [8 y' {# W8 ?- W# {7 |
6 X& X" n& Q" i" p3 `"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."
% D7 ?- N1 x9 q( b“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.
" ~ Z J8 V1 [( w6 n* R/ D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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1 c/ p. _6 }8 F3 z' k5 w, sIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
$ k- o Z* F% }6 h) D7 R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。* n* d% K5 \8 e, x8 i
# ^8 l3 e3 m2 F- L7 hIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ; a% k. E; E# ^9 s! Q- E; [# y* 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. h% K& o8 }. d6 e0 F
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。# o- F1 P3 s9 T, O0 i* }
. o$ V/ H& @: T: N1 f"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
, C! ^: o9 Z1 Z) H3 R6 Q7 X% O! A* w# j“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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5 b3 D* N; f1 }- l/ l) _5 N LAlberta 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." ! r! l+ C4 X* K8 q) 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。”( ?9 I: r9 n3 C, f2 r) k& A# D
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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." # ~; E& W8 p- R. [, ]; L
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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