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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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2 @; |- G$ c( ~+ q lBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' |, N V' H5 X8 Z# V5 _5 W
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
3 W, T6 B* y5 w# @% @) A: L, w7 y- h作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报: ^' h5 k( H5 t& B5 P) Q* W
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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.
, d$ C+ e0 G' I9 `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 y7 G8 s% Z
3 _% i' @# U6 v2 S/ WJim 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. 1 R- q3 o/ D# m$ G" r; q" q# 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
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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."
n+ B, _% Y- d2 h: w“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. 1 Q+ A. n; {. P4 O
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。- T; p2 r# W w3 S) e
+ E, G/ j" Y9 X) x ]6 a3 V, r9 {# gIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. / i: b7 C- Q, o
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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8 E6 m1 u( G, v1 rIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - \) I) u- ^! N1 R
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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* ^6 J: r, B2 P9 uLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
+ R* F" m4 J/ B. `& N. H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。: K% k$ K! u$ q4 [8 [1 c8 ~# q
2 M; |9 F! e! x a/ P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
% N$ G A5 }5 h! G% A“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。“% _' R ~, C0 k9 B! @/ \9 a2 o
u0 B8 |" g4 D: R5 _+ X* EAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. - @) c5 i9 e! {& S u( I l5 Q; `+ x! o
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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- R$ S) _# a; c; F$ r: y6 E"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& M2 ]0 ^/ t7 I6 [% w1 U, K
“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." ! R0 D1 B. j6 y
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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