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Deregulated power could inflate prices( G0 ]0 r. c ~4 p+ k7 G8 F( A
Warning from consumer advocate group, W) \ F, U2 n; T: @! y3 z6 a0 @
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN9 W3 N. _! p: d1 H7 ~1 P
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
5 X, F. ]4 X6 e作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报7 O; U0 X/ c* f9 x6 @/ m7 ~
~2 N- K, x% E/ HAlbertans 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% W7 s5 |$ t! w3 C8 |3 z" q
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.
# l! X# h- v0 I# t4 D& 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! ]0 G4 u. F' \; K7 z# `
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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."
3 {& T& F: c) @“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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& I N4 m) ?1 b5 x' 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.
4 K+ A8 N$ @# N3 p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。) N S3 J( M0 ^% \2 m5 E8 l% D
5 |' b+ L$ z# M9 j) n3 q, IIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
% j9 {# r X! R4 I2 Q2 k0 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。% p! G0 ~( \* M/ z- H% _
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
7 \- m8 A1 n+ c4 V% M+ N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.
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0 B5 R" G4 W! DLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. + b; Q9 n/ R/ Q2 _
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$ `. l( [3 P$ @
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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.
1 P" @, N" P; n) \, a8 O“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
6 V# G0 O2 u. |( w9 V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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) c! g8 K; s5 x7 Z. P"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." 3 U6 E9 ] V* o i1 k$ G
“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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R* c1 r! v# E: [6 ], eWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% h7 n. n# B6 C/ n8 f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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