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Deregulated power could inflate prices
6 C' m8 _, t- e M7 ^: sWarning from consumer advocate group, _6 H* G7 V/ j5 l& |- L
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN: | y# M) f' ~+ u6 v& K
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨0 i) p& i4 c' A( p
来自消费者维权组织的警告+ Q* |4 F4 \) m6 R3 \% q) v( O
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, O7 t; z D- r v) [* @% n
! Z5 y8 ~5 j9 v) `8 zAlbertans 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.
/ d9 z# E8 b# Q- t# K2 W" b' U4 T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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1 V+ \9 e1 G3 N4 }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 [* W- U* {- l& c( K- ?% L
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."
7 V! f: Z+ i# p* d3 ?8 a' \6 K; [“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.
1 e& v! C s% ^4 [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.
( O5 k9 U1 ] {; G# E0 ^5 g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。) V4 g1 b& u% ?# h9 @
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. - |; S4 h6 S" V# q: Q8 g: `
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。# A8 ?+ \' P q
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. " u/ b8 r( r6 C1 w, v" V
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. % h$ \9 \* Q. @! O0 N' G& h
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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7 p( R2 T" D3 e9 ^"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ' }4 Y6 R$ D" Q5 _4 }: C
“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。“; s7 E& }- F6 R1 g$ \. t
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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# F1 c; W6 g6 H# T# R"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." ! m! I" r6 o* X
“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."
' r$ ]1 |9 C" k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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