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Warning from consumer advocate group8 }# Y( y$ V- `3 F
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN% C" ?1 i# c( Z; [& x) a7 X
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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6 k( Y# ^. ^/ d1 @2 [1 c1 T来自消费者维权组织的警告
; a/ n) L: A+ y4 T7 C作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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+ V4 N! [3 B. [9 s+ h, qAlbertans 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. 0 _" n: }' h2 r8 D8 v' 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。
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9 m/ Z) L5 Y. y8 gJim 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. . c$ t" f- O0 b1 {8 B
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
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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."
6 O5 x& Z1 a- 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。”
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- m) I( ]" Y5 \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.
4 [$ @+ R$ B/ c2 q6 P* b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. 9 [' t9 \4 b6 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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! o+ U7 A: S8 l, p. a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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" ~1 d% _. d; P7 xThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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, c) y3 O5 P4 FLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 |3 q' H/ b/ P* Y
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。" B3 a+ q$ v. C3 p! b0 z6 n
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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. * D5 T) s- P# o
“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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" ~5 z9 N( g& t4 N& UAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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9 k9 |+ I/ H, ?1 m* o4 _"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 Q% V% |& n) `1 ?% J j- s8 M% b
“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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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." * J/ r7 |* E4 V5 C3 A% ^, O
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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