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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 i/ q, O, _- G" G+ KWarning from consumer advocate group
2 y4 U2 K& f$ M" y1 UBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN/ v1 L) F U/ m) b2 @
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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1 c" P% d( ^' n% @$ w来自消费者维权组织的警告
! c6 L9 o6 F/ [: Y( ?1 q% G, y作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报0 q/ O1 ?6 _1 B! D
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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. ) r' @/ I0 H i/ u0 q
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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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. ! Q' N' i! t* s1 S, L! I" l U9 T
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) @. ~3 h0 D8 o7 z; X
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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." % F: i0 x+ b" Z/ W* Q
“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+ e# X& e7 J( F6 U. N
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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. & X5 E, _5 x; K- J" w% F& Z
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。) k! M3 r* o1 q% B$ I' J4 K
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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. ; N- m$ Z" M" j& W' [% \
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。2 K6 ]1 Y' v- U( R3 Y' R; q
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
0 d' ^7 V( J* b: Z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。* O9 L! u) b, ]9 C/ S" p
' p/ G+ c7 D! PThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ?+ L3 \" u2 [: N3 F
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. f' d. z1 o6 z' P# s8 g) 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。
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3 A' ?# F# j( V Y) h- y# A4 t"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ( t5 n# T8 C" _, t: @( Z5 F# A
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. / @) y2 _' V4 L
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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2 _( C' [: w) b, y5 ~"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." * m9 v/ Y7 i! Y
“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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3 R2 H: u7 \& y1 @$ t2 ]* D( F- TWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
6 M0 a6 p9 n! j3 W# M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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