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Deregulated power could inflate prices
7 t# r% Q, F8 M1 F' a' eWarning from consumer advocate group
( _5 x" j+ a) m( c4 k; a" xBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨, Y [6 ^& B8 C4 T5 m
来自消费者维权组织的警告+ t- t! U! p0 `4 ^' @, d2 g- f
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. ( N/ X# ~) Z, q& }) G6 U) h6 c& n
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。0 K' }1 N* }& t
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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.
& c9 F# p9 Y- F' Y6 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( |% D2 q" P; B: `
- a/ S" S" \# ]+ L% 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." 7 c1 @" Q( ~, Q& b5 m: ~3 E. E
“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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r h Q0 s0 v2 A! H% q# R7 nWhile 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. 5 U9 O. I2 u% e
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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ s4 x$ G1 w k5 \5 M3 E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.
a8 C0 y& ?, p9 b* C5 k. m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。 E3 m$ U2 L! m3 I
8 a4 K7 f! N1 nThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - D& h1 b, ?+ |" G* T. j
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. " `# S9 z' `" D# b8 L+ N6 P
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。
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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.
: S- I4 h0 Y$ Z7 V“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。“9 J" E( F# c. C$ V+ a
4 N' R3 G# b9 x* y: C' [# F C5 BAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ! c$ F4 Q! M: ?3 w
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。4 j# A! n- s# i4 G
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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."
4 o8 s. `% |7 r“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."
( |. N4 W3 t6 y- f1 C8 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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