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Deregulated power could inflate prices9 }9 x3 Q$ n# t( n- a
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报" h6 [1 d( n; @! y* g. Z2 a" Y% P
1 h* G9 I0 h' j/ B5 ?Albertans 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.
1 ?8 Z5 Q, N H( n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。% r/ ~( K, c* S9 `9 ]# L M# Q
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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.
$ p0 G* b1 | t' _, e) ~3 i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* O( U7 F" j$ P, d0 x1 n' u
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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."
. j& J' r6 z4 D# v% F! o+ l% R/ \“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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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. g: S( U" v: m( Z3 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。0 A6 c( T7 i! S" X) E; B
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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. X' g( N3 Q$ z k& X
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.
% `$ C6 P. C" U3 p7 `5 S" y" e' c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。3 N6 n2 w& u, Q
8 g$ u5 O7 U. i- o/ f9 sThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
2 Z2 |# m' }2 l8 g3 R省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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2 D8 ^2 d& t) q \' T5 H8 \Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ( Q# H' _& ^( l. T5 X
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。+ d1 F8 {# Y! ?1 \+ P2 t
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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.
- @% T' H. W+ Y1 S& U“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。“8 c L) a+ r; h4 X( T
" s1 ~# ? b) G! A' @9 IAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. . a1 g; ]/ U2 `) }
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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) ? _/ E, P6 I* f) d F( ]# G"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."
d6 q1 _/ x8 J$ T" N+ {“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。”; |. H5 ^! X+ V, d- P- C
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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."
O$ R% S1 S# g+ f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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