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Deregulated power could inflate prices
! \" @: f/ f0 c) f, IWarning from consumer advocate group
$ f9 Z# Q3 r7 \. XBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨; H3 Q% x% I( h5 ?
来自消费者维权组织的警告
( f( B: b& Y/ V! _$ j作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报. U5 D5 ~( {$ }0 _; F- X
* j5 [* {& J8 ^) Z5 aAlbertans 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.
/ W+ u) O: |0 T. h1 n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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. K; E. Y- s O5 N/ [; n8 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.
F8 C' F8 d3 x2 d* \# D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1 S5 u7 C! u2 ~: J4 i1 \
+ B9 k P% s9 L3 A"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."
0 m) ?$ ?+ t E0 E# C“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。”! V; a+ R; I$ t' M
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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.
: }1 t8 [' u8 v7 e) u. M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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ S6 E1 z% f9 ^* S9 L# ?/ h5 S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.
4 S, ^+ ?7 U9 K* a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。/ b( T% F: l2 @& C: @9 H8 Q
( o* \% ~ \5 {/ M4 ~ r- `. mThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
: W! U/ R! k' u4 _, k省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划) {3 K. k3 ~* f4 m* K# m$ ]' I
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 0 G2 B& J8 ]( i8 T
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. ! G; @7 B- N2 n' x
“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。“$ S) f4 o$ E& _( g0 J0 r
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 g# @. ~- b. U+ E4 _
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。6 H. G% A1 K/ O% G
# D2 Z+ g( ^% }9 }+ |"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." # j) `4 X7 K0 f7 h- W
“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."
' C& Q3 {/ j& Y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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