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Deregulated power could inflate prices5 P3 a$ d5 ~ k/ F- Q5 r
Warning from consumer advocate group
8 t' ^$ I( z5 O- v L0 vBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN* `0 X& X7 \$ m3 s0 u
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
8 X( ^+ W) A, y放开市场将使电力价格上涨( B, h0 F3 F6 x9 m5 J$ W- k
来自消费者维权组织的警告2 {, a, u J& W7 o# i5 m0 E
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报- q# V4 [/ L- c" ~0 Z1 X1 v
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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.
/ T8 v# g( [$ v/ j5 O. D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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& U; `3 f9 q# J W. C) j) ^' @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.
: C2 O9 o4 N) U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2 I* Z) C! f; K% n/ L" D
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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."
* {) a" @# m1 U2 o e“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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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. 7 {, P/ i) w- v; g8 d6 U
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。* D0 m6 U5 O* G6 d# A! d p
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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.
; ~1 P4 S& p8 u, e, p! G @ b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。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. % Q4 D6 k- c$ q9 W2 r: I# O+ {
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. 4 y4 w& j# ]2 E& R8 A/ {
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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- {3 ?3 t* s$ z- F* NLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 9 S* K Z4 E! P9 M5 n
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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7 \- I' u3 N8 c* [/ |. y3 a"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. - Y* ?6 H. A0 e- @1 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。“# _2 _- p/ @' o# J
8 q" s- K$ f: y W: k, E# a GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ }. C! ^5 |4 D% T! R0 m. @. N
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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"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." 2 |9 N. h, Q6 P
“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." 5 V* Z+ C( H$ B. N& 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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