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Warning from consumer advocate group
# F1 K7 I2 k. s- ?+ B8 pBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN4 D% m/ }/ D" p' x, z+ ?# X, _) _( n1 L
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
3 |, y7 g0 ~% u放开市场将使电力价格上涨
' w, L3 E- h# }& q# j来自消费者维权组织的警告
8 V2 L3 r& m+ r! w4 ^作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报 g9 }, v+ V2 y6 f- ~: O
8 g+ G @$ x, XAlbertans 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.
6 q& W' u1 z. N8 q* X# v5 w. i7 h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。/ Y" G9 K: `7 [+ T. G& L# ]
. P2 f% C' j; K. o. AJim 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. ) z0 O2 V$ O, h) y! W! x
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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' l) b q& J- E" O) b: P# @8 w \"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."
, z- e; P+ A* Q- W5 D, s- \4 }“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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" I# {4 Y! k+ K- rWhile 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.
# z: h7 {$ h' q& e5 l0 z. K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。4 J" J' _& j, W& j; r: {6 ]: G; H
& M) ]/ R2 r( JIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ; A% A+ w! r/ b0 D- c
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。% |2 n% I0 y8 }, W
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
- W0 k/ k2 @: a/ _, f4 x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。+ `4 r( Q2 {3 U0 X
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
4 q7 \$ n# Y- g9 O8 E* i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.
$ _- G) b/ X# [/ O* {" o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。1 |/ I3 L' F/ f8 ^; G5 o
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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. + J9 M$ e- J2 u6 |
“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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1 B" Y( m i6 h& N/ iAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
, J- Z6 u) e# \ t4 f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."
; p8 P4 A, e5 [5 U3 [: A“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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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."
1 Q% A9 Z1 A2 M' P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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