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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
+ G( L: @0 y0 ~# n作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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1 s" Z' x b# S+ \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.
8 H- c- Q4 t9 N- u! I8 ]/ j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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$ n+ a4 o& }% _. x0 r( PJim 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.
/ f7 G3 I6 @* w6 q+ L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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0 H S3 [; b# N- F/ q+ o"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 R" B/ ^+ O$ C1 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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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.
# `; R5 p3 c& g! Q: T, u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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! }! t( z; b# v0 FIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 9 r( N8 A" A2 ~ _% a
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.
0 u" ~) Q/ K% 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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( [, Q3 E5 H: |: N* N* ]The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
) G% ~) `% X) `9 w省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划) T0 d6 D, D, V6 g& g5 A
3 ^7 R1 R6 g) g8 _2 p* \7 i$ ~Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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: J8 Q8 V7 b8 ~4 @"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 6 m6 Y: R, n5 i
“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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, Q/ P" j4 k: w5 k! XAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. : `8 p( ]7 ^, r! s% N; w
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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( U$ x' U( J' o$ H9 \"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 S/ n: Y1 X( S" m1 ?. 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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; L7 C5 O' [2 X' n8 B4 M6 xWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." + _! x9 \9 [8 _( W
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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