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Deregulated power could inflate prices1 _! P, J* v z3 W1 N1 n6 \
Warning from consumer advocate group1 U9 O4 [0 h# D' s: j$ u4 `# P! P
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨+ ]! d0 C; N( u) [6 t
来自消费者维权组织的警告8 A, d7 x1 l$ z/ Y, ^
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. % `. e" o! A9 l$ y) ]8 S
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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- Y) G, S/ ?; }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.
, C% h4 G3 D5 A( }9 S2 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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" v6 d& C- R3 `: M( B"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 ^3 C& g2 O* M* U2 T' g) O“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。”+ Q6 R% D* j2 _5 I" M
' n7 n6 S' A& D0 q9 ^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.
+ ~2 u( q+ f: I, H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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, x. m) C* e! Y5 u! `' m" x6 q NIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. & G1 l: A/ J" 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。% N( {) P7 |6 Q( H: B# n
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 2 k. v4 U- |5 o) p: q
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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$ d2 A, N% A- x! |# ?! VThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 1 q: j8 v1 z* _: i$ i; e* J
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划4 u' {* b8 Z2 w2 b4 D& u- X
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. / `. y& R: A0 [/ B) x0 t 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。
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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
3 v+ z# F3 r9 h X, v' _“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。“! t% d& @$ r/ G: O7 i7 u* B
" |$ p4 u, E7 S3 _" |" IAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. . v0 I( j7 [( l7 B
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." & j; b& q( L! K. { e
“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。”' F, J# m! r) s7 t3 t: O+ t
5 n" p8 I$ t% v! [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."
4 L2 e. v9 a& V( m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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