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Deregulated power could inflate prices9 o) h& J% {5 }8 d5 s
Warning from consumer advocate group W$ t' h* e7 `. J5 b0 m
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN+ o# w& a/ k B. y( j
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
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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.
- N2 R7 v- g6 \1 p4 n& @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. + v* F w! s7 [$ q. f: p# g
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; m) K* i" D! X0 E6 w
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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." / t3 r c' W, ?
“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。”7 {( T& g/ p! s9 n$ X
' r& Y; V+ u6 w) Q; GWhile 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.
8 L- V* w7 `2 ]& Y# F/ `1 Y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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! q: K* Q9 s$ Y( [- }$ u# G, ], H, mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
T r: Q2 P S) Q( j' b& s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 V2 I/ z3 S" 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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 7 a- l; W6 Y( M, p
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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1 o$ Q$ r6 v9 ?& L" XLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 j' ], h' B( ?5 O" l
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。 J* m' g: }7 u- S4 R
* F/ P5 }" c3 s/ Y: i+ |8 [' {4 e+ x. d2 x0 I"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 J( A4 A( {5 [2 o1 c4 }2 _“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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9 C/ x2 I E* E4 uAlberta 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."
( r3 z8 J2 j$ P0 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。”
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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."
- s. p! e) K8 K& ]8 |9 X" U6 i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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