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Deregulated power could inflate prices
, V( b' K6 v+ f! `Warning from consumer advocate group
" Z. I4 Z% V% t2 ]6 UBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN9 b# u; r. i! n2 N) h8 c* P4 v
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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4 L5 S8 l) v/ S来自消费者维权组织的警告
. @2 ]4 v- z4 H6 h5 Q, N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.
# J6 O0 } r, p; `9 U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。: x7 x/ B" {# B4 _( i
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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. , P' w% L' i) \2 [
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! x7 f; \- N1 o i1 _
6 z2 t3 H! u; h! p: g3 }! E"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." ; h! I! c, c6 a R* [2 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。”5 P7 r4 o7 A' Z* y1 m; e
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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.
0 j& m. L- @" E2 ~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. + X; t+ Y( e' o% K0 s
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。; |" R* b9 Q7 w* n
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. , X q& [( p8 Z5 ~: G. V: C0 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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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2 z- G/ `+ r2 }! s! }& _6 b7 ]. TLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
3 e- v* A, N+ D* y, Z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。' s0 o+ l) ~1 J, s
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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.
S7 D" j9 G. A6 ]) B1 i3 E/ K“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。“: F) z' T" E6 p8 v: Z$ H1 P
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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."
8 Z8 r! l6 f! p. f2 j% m2 w- y“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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2 [4 V8 a0 e2 g7 oWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ; N# F6 F6 I! c9 O( p1 c, r
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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