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Deregulated power could inflate prices/ F, z3 a* e# p8 k9 Y& ]% l4 G& n
Warning from consumer advocate group
8 [! x* a. {: J6 RBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨1 `6 E2 R/ C2 m- I+ j
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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/ b. R5 E) ?/ UAlbertans 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. " r. ~- |* U" I% W
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。: a* v6 Y" H( }+ B/ w/ Z9 |
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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. . r. q! q" V8 C
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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& R4 e. l1 F8 c1 G"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." , I* M! r' f% X0 B9 ]
“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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9 J0 k2 |. D, \& kWhile 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.
" u. Q& x% x! c; r) }% T% s" @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。3 u2 m0 h& M1 C1 z
2 g. ~/ v* _" N+ Z% f6 ^) MIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 0 W8 N9 R7 \5 e' c( \$ H( p: f
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。0 s/ u; J7 V% ?9 l4 h
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 6 k" l, `6 |3 N2 o! l' M
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. ! `0 a3 T$ k9 A' J
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。' z/ {1 g6 m& o: Q* h2 @8 i. V
7 ?( A8 W* w; V% r( X: D+ v, @) t"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 4 E8 \. `7 C0 a G! }8 `
“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。“- s" b" _5 E, n) ^
" F; N3 Q+ @: F1 B3 O9 N6 L! ~Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
* D1 }! _# f) B5 c- B- ]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."
% z" q! m' o* |( H/ d4 L“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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) g* |* ~# a6 B# a2 y/ \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."
, V5 v. f; D( O6 ]& 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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