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Deregulated power could inflate prices
! \3 N) _ T: ]3 oWarning from consumer advocate group
5 n' I2 g9 \- `+ V- I- ZBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报" g/ l& d* G; S: ]! [2 [* t
) w7 V8 b7 Q0 Z! v 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.
# A( \3 Z% D: C6 `7 i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. % |* c9 R* {4 ^% o2 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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"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 ^. [! @$ e# E5 H# 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。”7 l8 l( a! F! @3 f. @, v: j) X
$ y. p k. ~% l* p+ ?) d; wWhile 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 |6 n4 A$ Q* [# p$ G+ g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。 V8 y6 |0 x5 \# k
- Y% u$ @& f& ?: YIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " N; \+ Q8 X# J5 X3 \+ g4 ?
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。7 T9 ]: p- z! z% a4 O
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ' q; p" T; G( ]/ F
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。2 ]+ P6 F) y% F( m" V1 D
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. . r9 }- j3 R' o* A; Y& A# C
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划* v, o9 G6 r% P/ W8 T
- y' Q. ~$ m5 s) }+ @1 w( U3 WLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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. 7 ?. b! F+ b9 T$ @
“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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% L4 D6 K7 Q5 ^9 z' P, ~* ?3 H* }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." ) \+ j3 ~5 y$ d# Q e& x
“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." 3 d% N0 v, J/ 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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