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Warning from consumer advocate group
- u$ i8 y3 Q9 N5 w. k, ]- t, T9 XBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN6 u D3 f% R2 A O7 n8 l- k
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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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.
7 r3 P0 H4 u3 [3 C* U" w& w2 f/ i/ O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。( G( M/ X) ]" G" P. h
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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. 2 h, W3 s5 f1 ?/ j# A
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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"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 e0 Y8 q/ L0 f
“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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: \0 c& @' v% U4 n2 {% eWhile 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- S9 {9 v5 q; M) s3 t/ w
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。* H4 r) O! D1 F9 ]; s( T2 O4 n
: ^8 v1 g+ Z2 `3 }0 o3 K( nIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
% ?. S; p3 U4 b" z! w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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6 e0 `) t1 I% S- wIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 K5 N% z# i' a* t! k" r- ?% U
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。. d/ F$ z2 g: w3 p* z4 @3 o: @
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. . @% j+ f0 p# U
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.
9 a# r$ m s: }, G: n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。9 J/ O! d+ s6 d6 z4 R: t
. Y0 W# z4 U8 v& ?; ^6 \"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
$ B; ^/ y" x) E“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。“1 y, `8 U1 V9 a0 C. \; K
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
- T' o# r7 b' ?; }9 ^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." ) ]4 d0 m0 l( |) j! g
“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 o( t8 w1 h' M9 d) `9 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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