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Deregulated power could inflate prices0 r" x5 @/ A. _+ F7 E5 Q
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨* s. }" n% i8 s: S) ?- @8 a4 s
来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 T; ?- X$ X$ v5 Y7 o7 t+ M作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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- D, r2 x2 M5 I: |8 rAlbertans 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. " `4 p# |% i* |3 r
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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7 z) m; {, }( ^% a2 u( n2 FJim 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.
5 }! r2 v, [3 Z, D3 D* P! D+ T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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6 a( |) ^% o; E8 T7 R9 H( m"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."
4 `% l! s! j5 n, ?6 R1 l1 M6 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。”
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' W$ j& z, k$ P2 i% ~$ ], Z- e7 }' `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.
8 M" Q$ n# I. 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。' |1 {! @6 r I! s
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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. ) m0 D* h- J- k. b6 h
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。8 K; }% K0 ?; l( i5 b2 ?9 v& ^
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
6 x% n: h- b! H# T: _& N1 |7 t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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& S0 J5 P" _ d6 C: x- ~$ A: ZThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 c/ ~; _) R& p, l省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划2 u5 |* a# f4 a8 e
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
; m! U. Z, P$ \, L; @; e; i% 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。
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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 T) _' T, l6 }/ Q- e. ?) k
“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。“ Q& A' V1 `: d1 l3 B8 I! [
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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." $ R( j( ^- v1 ]8 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。”& Z8 J+ R8 G- n8 e' v6 D( T9 K& Z$ O
5 h5 t' \0 e( ?# |- Q& C6 RWhile 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. n2 n x& I1 l1 L$ z- y) g7 |) z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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