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Warning from consumer advocate group
! v3 u1 P8 E. b, E3 QBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN+ s! O1 E: P) v+ V3 Q0 n; B
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
/ Q, o* |0 ~ g8 d$ D2 T+ C来自消费者维权组织的警告
& g) G/ @ g' t* r: K9 R8 l4 a作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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/ p' M1 _* [+ f9 jAlbertans 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.
: d% h: c2 {4 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。5 s" E/ D' w4 M8 }9 I" @
' w- h8 E, d0 H, M; ?/ k& f& oJim 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.
% K% m' ^" N% 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
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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."
, t" @0 S; j) O“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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3 U- Y6 [ D0 ]" a- x0 {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. ; U% Q/ F; F* p) @: D5 D
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. / h+ Z+ `( G; O) g, @- a$ V
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。. J+ v( W- d( |" w6 L
2 x; U% ? t, u kIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 9 A- q. L* c& L) d4 R5 j
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。9 }7 g3 b: G) x, N, l+ I2 F+ S1 a
5 Y. f) g v. P4 e. @0 rThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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: k/ ^6 I; O3 O1 h; }- ]"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! u1 f' o( y. L3 e( z% r
“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. $ u9 x5 O* @8 M& r+ v4 J
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。8 ?. d3 O. ^9 g; d$ c
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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." 5 e B/ l/ X: e5 B1 e2 }
“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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# B; ~) \* K5 t& d6 w yWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 7 E/ a; X: M/ C/ O' u2 c
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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