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Deregulated power could inflate prices
$ Y, w+ C) Q, B5 J" b9 R, qWarning from consumer advocate group
1 S8 I) ]& i- [% l- l: ?0 \By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨3 z( t( Q1 w$ p' U
来自消费者维权组织的警告
" \2 ^8 ?# `6 I5 c1 N- `作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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4 T2 x6 V/ g/ L$ |# lAlbertans 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.
2 Y4 ]( V5 \/ k; W, @' c9 e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。% h/ N7 ?% i2 C! T2 f# I5 m8 h! k% U
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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.
5 Y1 ?* W; f2 M/ _, {1 B* r! r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% V8 l8 L1 P( h4 K
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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." + a# I( D4 L8 u9 k2 Z" l
“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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8 K( l9 z7 x5 D( KWhile 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.
; `. x1 z, Z) H2 `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。) Q$ m$ Y/ S( A0 b. I% 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.
' E" q* q, S) p* l% ^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 `7 @$ E$ P7 s7 T& E1 `4 r
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 }# h, ^; }. A$ J3 \
2 ~0 h$ p! @# O/ y/ `2 G: M% F6 IThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
. x( _/ K! @0 m省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 ]2 ~) P* K6 B7 ^$ l
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 o$ Y1 ~, p9 \- V* G& v
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.
$ F1 o! U! Q, V“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。“' R6 a0 D9 M/ G5 Y3 J
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. + r& E4 z7 G$ g% ^3 h6 D- H
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。& S5 `. {' j2 E- ?; Y4 g$ i
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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." : |3 ^, d0 ]" g" v
“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。”2 [" J ]; M C- z9 f
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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." ( f- a; G- E+ f3 b
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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