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Warning from consumer advocate group' S% m, b e" F- s
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN" W7 @6 ?$ k8 L8 @7 u) O9 `
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
6 w* v& ^7 @( ?作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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.
: k7 _2 x/ G. s3 K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。' {& D D2 a+ o! t f& ]
' @- l# z4 F& b7 n3 i% KJim 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.
+ U4 _9 X0 B; V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' y7 g7 G. @: z m4 m) Z5 o4 R1 K
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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."
# ~5 Z/ |2 z: F7 b“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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( h9 S5 y& ^/ g4 _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. & a, N% W, H% o; T+ C/ g/ l0 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。- E5 w* E! k% t
2 G/ H! O5 ]# s) YIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. z2 ~1 N3 S9 V+ ^/ k4 \2 ?5 M
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。; b$ t" [+ f/ _6 V s, ^
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ; _$ \: K# S9 ~8 o6 _7 p
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。- h, v+ }* r) g% [+ [7 l
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - L4 S D" f. {" g
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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, w4 Y! T" _) b% x% n5 Z8 vLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 9 v9 q; p- X+ w/ k
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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. \0 f8 i' c# p3 Q4 m) i"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
4 V7 m7 p" w; ~. 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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+ Z2 O5 [' g+ L. P! 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."
; d; R l6 k! b/ s, i' C“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。”2 d! r1 W1 ^2 c- l% r; Q; `
# E( k3 Q- D' A4 ?6 ~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."
- }7 C0 T' ?( `) H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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