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Deregulated power could inflate prices9 s3 L( `! T) @1 T6 v- ]
Warning from consumer advocate group9 Q/ S9 e" F+ y J6 W
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN; v2 k% [: o! P$ X
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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4 m- E9 U, h% O! ^5 ~( HAlbertans 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. % H) ^% R* G' s \7 a% M7 x
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。
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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. ! ?) |/ W! }" F! Q
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" E. |. s! H& y# b! O' S9 y; {
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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."
0 N- z7 ?! y. z) v. \“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。”5 d- e) R. a6 p
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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.
; V, X- w& S6 m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. . P6 C6 }5 a4 f5 j
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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# C$ n8 P6 t- BIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
7 @6 W' w& X* }8 W/ Q6 S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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. Z; Q- ^% g+ m, I, s4 U2 K7 KThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. . r1 ]7 ~4 a/ G
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划: b6 S9 W. A% T$ S+ e
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! R- G( }: L6 p+ S7 X# M# t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。* A5 } O0 T1 J0 C/ l, t( Y! D
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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.
6 B& y& I: s4 Q/ E* a1 k“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。“2 ]+ b F% H D/ s2 U9 o( c
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
* i- d W, }: q# d9 }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."
( b; h* ~) s, z“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。”* E3 {+ l" Q$ [" b6 K7 s
; C0 `) H2 f3 T+ c/ z, jWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
# {; v8 K! |! p! {& L# A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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