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Deregulated power could inflate prices/ u% z/ y- {* n( H3 W
Warning from consumer advocate group
C' W/ s% j6 c8 Q# p2 T/ QBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 y* K4 x& o, c7 [' [& y6 a1 u
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨 V6 n$ N# {4 [6 c1 A' P2 D
来自消费者维权组织的警告
2 K( L- _% f/ }0 Y作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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! n4 q4 p+ N+ E9 V& n' bAlbertans 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. p- S" y, K! h u" } k& h& I4 S' {, M9 ]
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。: ]9 p. Z5 v1 [' P+ R
. y0 m3 I4 Y A/ E# }5 BJim 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. ) Y2 U! p& D7 v3 B
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 P- M ~9 M2 m
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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." $ Z n* t/ @3 s/ L5 _( m' E1 T
“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。”4 w: ^! j! E3 R1 \4 J, c1 j2 O
+ j( }7 b( W- D+ bWhile 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.
6 G6 Q2 `+ P& r) T( c- I: l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.
0 n: a! I# x) V+ T$ k5 v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.
+ N" h7 n; _9 f4 b( ^" t) u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。1 `8 N! N m1 n* H
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. # j" u8 g8 b; m" I9 `$ `
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划9 R! C# V9 r* I
5 h! h9 U* s$ T7 f2 N) J( KLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 2 C2 b. G2 ^# t( b6 w; J5 i
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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1 l* M6 t8 }9 D4 J/ G"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 5 }1 ^/ m5 \+ V: B
“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。“; @' D0 s# _7 J) ]# u; M% `1 P
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Alberta 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."
) t- o# h; N, D" k/ D1 y+ c“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."
- b0 O0 b) X0 [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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