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Deregulated power could inflate prices
1 \0 P& l/ U5 Z/ ]Warning from consumer advocate group
6 Y" r" a& y, F4 U& N7 yBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN7 s7 c$ Q/ o3 G# X4 e
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告2 o! S' r7 ~, l0 M1 {. g6 J
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, `$ H. D% D7 ^4 U# e
$ b1 m( _! h- Q9 F4 ~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.
& u. M* V9 K! n3 E) M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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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.
6 C3 Y) u5 x9 D2 t2 b) Z/ ~* w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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9 a7 f: m- j& {/ T# O0 [3 \"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." ) v( q) C- f- Q" a6 A @3 F
“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。”. N+ I- l# P2 y
9 T* B0 k1 y! r# `% Q8 HWhile 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 \1 @0 _5 a/ d* r# B* o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。% }* n5 S, T8 m2 l
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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. ! j! ~0 B/ D+ z$ `" y! d" h! n+ E
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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3 w. a4 L4 A- ZIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
/ U! }. W7 g. n" U, q1 H2 \0 Y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. 8 @2 e1 _: P$ I: `) G& a2 m
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 w, |# g/ G: i4 j( I' b: _
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ; _$ k" |3 L& S2 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。
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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.
' s F, W- Y* L% a' p“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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! V7 l9 `( j. {; ~' |/ KAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 1 E% a: R$ T* e
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。# F, ^" L% q# ^$ m/ j) I
4 O2 V! R; e; k$ I; F"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."
$ d; \, |% T+ u* ~% W“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。”- X) g* ], Z+ w
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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."
; n* w$ H; ?6 N) `5 |3 B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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