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Deregulated power could inflate prices
# j4 i5 m2 y4 C4 |8 UWarning from consumer advocate group
8 L' J y7 \! xBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨9 J) e( O; ?" I
来自消费者维权组织的警告
2 a/ w5 d9 y5 v! R1 k作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报( U+ P* j! `' ]" g( V" b4 J
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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. 5 I5 S# ^2 y2 Y% E0 D6 K \( R0 H
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。( b* _; {1 y) `; c5 p/ T( Y
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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.
0 [5 h( O3 n9 G. d( ^$ [7 ~3 N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." 6 L+ a2 Z! F) ]% F- n) P* V; x
“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。”$ l: W: K( @+ ?: j7 R4 j
- ?7 g X0 I" Z7 q% C, ]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 G) t/ D- n a' C8 }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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( R) J8 O ^0 J# j) e9 OIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
; I$ M! V: ~' P* I; Q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。+ X5 K4 [! O5 a4 O8 t/ K( l
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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 y0 g& g F! {; c% Z0 n7 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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& k# b5 z" H+ o0 f1 F: v% j' mThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ! O7 T6 J2 P3 o
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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+ }- g. O3 J; r YLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 0 N' |5 l/ [1 E4 V$ m( {- W
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。6 }, W7 {& ~( Y
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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 \. w! s, S u5 q) m: n
“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。“+ u- P% ^- l8 E9 y4 N6 s$ T
2 D% `( K) K" g" g$ q9 XAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 3 a3 a! @( A$ o6 f; ~* W* m
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。& ?6 p$ W. [. O2 l# {; t
, K6 A7 R% u5 s! i9 w"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." 6 g. f5 H. Q2 C# {, y# O2 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。”) f* w9 J8 J9 S2 x; [
8 G4 \2 a) V* ^" a. ZWhile 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' q" z8 G2 @) j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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