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Deregulated power could inflate prices
9 h: H& |# E$ xWarning from consumer advocate group
$ C6 c$ \2 d( pBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN3 C/ s7 Z# O( F5 q8 H+ W3 n
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html* s; p, @5 Q7 ~4 e. D
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ l1 f7 c% | C) B6 _1 t来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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. 5 T3 L& c8 T, D" K$ U
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。, W/ I9 n; e- S8 Y& Z# S5 y& [, W+ H
" u2 H! d* |# 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. 0 V9 I" `; u! E: n
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/ w: ?0 h- n# D s6 A7 X9 }
s7 \) F" }9 u6 @2 ]"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."
, L" L7 X; E/ d' h! }“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。”' x L% ]3 d* |" ~2 M
( n$ b& x4 D' p9 R. X" [# r" mWhile 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.
2 A3 {! x5 U2 Y# f$ `5 N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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" H9 X, D- y [4 E7 ^5 a7 T& ^If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
, x5 R k4 I' q6 t& _/ 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. 6 U: g. d, F" b Q3 y2 n6 t+ j' T7 L
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.
' D8 z! d, W. l# i$ B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. $ e* C3 o# h% N5 G9 o
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。! e' d4 S& b& g7 m: g
, U d6 _6 o0 ~' _1 Z"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
0 P7 N5 Z! a8 P' a) 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. . y I- x( I/ s2 f" r, h% o8 }0 Y
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." 9 n8 [5 y9 [: y; Q+ @# f' e
“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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+ }. V8 I( y+ QWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
4 L5 ~" S+ W/ P' Z# S3 @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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