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Deregulated power could inflate prices5 V y* Z2 s: U) t6 a: c( V5 f
Warning from consumer advocate group
) z' C* g5 V4 R7 DBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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% A" C2 q' m$ [/ d/ ^* D来自消费者维权组织的警告: T+ |9 `4 ]0 c4 Q6 E+ i
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ e5 U1 h6 f& Z# q6 _7 \6 [
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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.
# m% ]* z3 [1 b& T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。* Z( n( v+ {! k( k6 m' Z/ t
4 X6 e2 F! l! [9 L) M1 I7 TJim 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. 7 ?# E$ H9 v1 r
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."
/ B! Q+ u6 v6 {8 R: t1 A“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。”. i" N( ~; E) H( `4 t5 E
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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.
8 H+ R' o% m: _8 s, _6 c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。2 N: N5 `& C3 @+ Z/ _
! f( D5 V) G# }' oIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 9 S9 ]4 Q/ M+ i$ Z1 X
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.
; f9 S1 W% F6 e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.
/ K: g. d9 X0 S0 `7 E省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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; n) j" w' O j9 r7 f- k& O M* y; XLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
4 c5 [. ]. K6 i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。* m! C9 X" H2 i6 n3 G! m, n
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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.
! C A0 y: d: |( T Q“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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" J3 W N8 T$ i3 k% \. F6 L% f, aAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 |0 s4 I5 T5 \
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。' V5 T, c& H |* z2 {3 M4 }
0 g! \: k* r- Q5 C a"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."
3 E8 K, |2 d$ {“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." # _8 O) @( h v$ X
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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