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Deregulated power could inflate prices
n3 `; o' h2 B: Z6 fWarning from consumer advocate group
" N7 l* J, _$ a W* N7 i& HBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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0 m! \& h2 [* T" @; `; ^! t- j放开市场将使电力价格上涨- F& P+ C5 D) h4 g
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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+ [3 C) O3 k0 r' Q5 c" z# |5 JAlbertans 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.
8 M: H, u- ]* \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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* e7 K. [# C, J' ]$ F5 SJim 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. ' k. t; v0 t+ C7 T9 l: 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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7 F, |" N2 }+ v) c9 q" u- w2 z: Y"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."
. |& X! t- Q6 e3 l9 m: ^“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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% b5 ~( G8 n, n9 t( W* [, |" @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. 0 E6 B/ [. @0 G; Z6 ~3 Y4 @
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. 8 D% }+ N1 |0 o1 L
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. : H. x M! O% |) d* O
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。5 c4 V9 N0 M# u5 n( w& P
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 3 |( x$ S, l0 F6 ^ u: `
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划# a& E! i) G' V) H- `# _% T
! X0 M: O' i* A R9 O3 Z9 KLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 q9 E# l# x) x" 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。! c: T- Z6 u4 \4 Q' ^
" Y' h2 n; \) s D) X"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ; z& |' E7 t N$ \9 W! a# 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。“
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1 e5 h h, v! j4 w7 {3 f. g7 R% e: GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. # x+ D6 Z% p& Z! _ x
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。4 ?0 _$ U- g. k7 q( n9 a3 T+ q8 X
# p3 p! ^* _: d; V! z"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 E- w0 v( I( M& ^" k8 E5 a
“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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- q6 c# t0 h$ f z/ V+ l2 _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, N& Q5 w+ |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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