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Deregulated power could inflate prices: d; ^+ V, r& g6 Y; E
Warning from consumer advocate group
" |' J5 W+ \) yBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ v! _; Z: `6 A' F9 _5 V+ n
来自消费者维权组织的警告
8 p q- n( A9 Z7 U作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报2 ~# `, _+ J9 Z6 F; G1 f n7 y
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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. . J# [6 F# ]' t6 P
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。- W9 c1 G) W) f4 |1 b
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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. 3 C% N3 [# d' M 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
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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." ' d1 u) _6 Y* G8 Y
“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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/ l! ? g% }8 m: ?# M1 ]' ? L9 [& oWhile 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.
/ E! g& f/ S( I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。+ q% D' @9 S% l- @ D
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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.
& |; Z/ k3 r- X# z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.
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6 }# k( q0 p1 t# Z# LThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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# s3 B2 P4 ]% ~! o3 R& bLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
' }* o* X5 y' f) M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.
) E6 t7 g; M7 q+ e9 ]“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。“2 r6 {9 _- O7 K6 k+ p
1 C3 S3 Q4 e3 w! x0 K6 X. Q" x; \Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
9 c' z: B3 k( l. R2 z7 k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." ; Z2 Q' I4 S$ z4 n! t! q
“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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( Q' j' J$ X) o* BWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% j6 s7 p" u) p4 j6 {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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