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Deregulated power could inflate prices* C# S4 y: l# e0 N/ R, A* u
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
8 N+ Q7 I Y' _ P2 k来自消费者维权组织的警告
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4 B8 F# c& f! cAlbertans 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 B- L% @# @9 l. \! [
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。6 @# `+ s& e3 t# m
; P+ M& `5 \" W* 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.
% K2 ^. p6 b% q! ? U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6 x9 M# y( [" V/ `8 d
' d0 A& ^- Z' y- {/ P: \3 S( T"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." ; c# k4 `* ~; M$ E3 {# m
“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。”7 h. W1 C+ Y6 @5 y. m( z
6 z/ R3 h* J: m5 }5 m3 i( SWhile 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.
. f9 \4 A4 R( p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。! h* i6 f0 k1 s) W: T
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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.
" A7 h/ c, v3 \8 Z; S( y- b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。# l5 G' [% r! ?3 b
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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 O* N; g. e; e6 Z2 p7 x$ z0 l/ Q
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。" Y' X% M- K/ |3 `; h F( V( ]7 |& A
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
2 `- R7 e+ W. D) ]- L/ o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. % p9 n# F/ c; U/ R. N' Z
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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8 `2 ?! J g. n/ m+ E% X3 L8 d"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ) F0 u' G' @" d s/ n: J* ^' G7 H
“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。“' I4 ?: B, q4 n4 {$ f
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 1 O( \* Y$ O: U+ t0 i% e
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." - {6 L9 a6 c2 D0 h5 l$ [8 s% ?- w8 M5 C
“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。”+ j9 P5 A9 z' u4 R
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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."
: r& ]6 _+ H4 P4 G) W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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