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Deregulated power could inflate prices6 r- @0 X5 T2 N% x8 S* t: N9 s, H1 m
Warning from consumer advocate group
1 @* m9 y- D1 y5 MBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN: g3 d. J$ `- b& W! |/ E; q
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨+ C; h R; L) s# y; X' K
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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+ l# q8 [3 ?2 c2 n) u% PAlbertans 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. / P$ L" K9 B& a7 l# [! `+ K( j8 ~5 b* K
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。1 H7 |- G7 n% e; Z1 c: T8 y& k
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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.
( D$ `1 y6 v% P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2 P7 T' |9 R' y- e' F, c3 N
& W3 e# ?/ O9 H"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."
4 F% m! B. C# }3 O9 }“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。”1 u8 J$ ]3 A0 V s2 |0 \8 Y8 u5 e
2 c, e4 ]" p) }& P0 o* {+ @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.
7 }) x8 Q6 a: S# M' P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。7 _9 n, `% A7 H n0 {$ l* A5 U1 N
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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. . s F! U% D' M% N8 m
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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% Y: p7 [' f* z3 M$ iIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 1 s: ]" e2 t7 R" Q7 Y4 U
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. " u6 R' F5 c: m% B% f4 t
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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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. : R3 e/ W' Z/ `! {- y
“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。“. X; @5 b" V2 F, D" d: {5 e0 [
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. . n, ?; b- _# B8 O
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。3 T# M6 q% J# c8 Z
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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." . s* x2 D- B/ D8 s2 N1 c
“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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* o. \8 B* g! [$ z: [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."
# V D3 I/ d& K; E S8 t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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