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Deregulated power could inflate prices) O, C" I2 V1 Z: \7 R
Warning from consumer advocate group
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
5 S& n; k: g. \' A# M作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, w' k& r; D3 b/ j& H
8 F8 Z, B4 j% W3 A5 S) J) T2 Y) ]' OAlbertans 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. : ?% z; Q/ G" w0 N2 Q
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。! ~& |! T, o' P5 G" o! @+ F
* @9 T0 c4 K! f6 e, Y5 rJim 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. ! T/ n5 Y! T3 e. s2 O: r$ K
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/ H8 y1 @1 {( Y* a
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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 @* v; g; _ @6 b l
“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。”) P6 r! p, V% l9 E) s
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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.
% N/ d" K5 M4 x V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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9 }- f- `( o% ]% z/ ^' UIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
0 |/ S) X, ]$ a6 i* L" w, Z! T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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3 B5 l4 Y$ p7 H5 x5 |' OIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 5 L* Z6 _0 q9 Z8 f' r- G& o1 \7 i
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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+ r- c) G" I3 G6 bThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. & F2 t, ~+ k: N- V7 w! X
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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( T+ ]! C/ S0 m; y5 G. O* x"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
! C7 v6 I/ b/ o/ j“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. + k. ]! b q# D* G" J h
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。8 b1 [: @' V3 F4 J
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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."
' C$ t" y" Q+ a9 p7 r$ Z/ g5 T“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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( x5 u/ c% M! SWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 9 E" v9 h; A7 v
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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