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Deregulated power could inflate prices8 |+ j( D2 @# X! Z1 {0 i b G! Y
Warning from consumer advocate group
* x0 s0 k( z$ kBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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3 Y. ]. W6 X2 F, c$ R o放开市场将使电力价格上涨
; j6 ~0 e% O5 V- A& T来自消费者维权组织的警告
* }' e U- c/ g. C9 |7 `8 y作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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4 Z/ g( v1 U1 L( B! d5 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.
) q7 e9 D3 o6 `0 b( [$ [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。% I# |8 Z5 Q+ l% M
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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.
4 E" [ o; _# b/ G% G( M2 J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% s9 z- E4 @0 {$ C) A* o# q1 G0 L
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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."
1 N T4 a& h; D& ~1 l8 n“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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4 \# h9 A% m7 y. P! i5 }5 zWhile 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.
: c# U( n- h+ h' X0 [/ i7 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。
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3 k; L, R: z( ^2 ^$ O- fIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ j" h! {! t( r. X0 u/ D; I6 p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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' R/ p7 S! Y" m2 O( Z$ Y, r; aIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
% M1 J4 O) n" j- }! n. x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. ' e1 g# L2 t5 ]/ J' i
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划. h! j, y- k! D! V! x' Z' T
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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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 2 v- T5 g7 E6 R# R1 b# ?: |
“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。“( j4 X8 h: s9 I" a
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
7 k: d+ O; q. w, w) }/ I埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。) R# b! k- R) b& p
5 I) T* ~* Q( O/ q. a"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."
$ F6 N, ~3 t) L: a“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 {+ u' ]2 A4 m: B
- A2 O2 S* }% ?( [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." * I5 M# O% j8 F: V& [
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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