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Deregulated power could inflate prices6 s$ C: }. l& A+ E
Warning from consumer advocate group
8 H' U9 E7 C9 I' y" i0 q0 vBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& \, ^+ Z( z7 Y
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
" |# c, O. W6 b1 ?$ F来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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. 6 X, G! d+ [; O6 M
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。+ O3 P, j; A# B3 q- J: y+ n
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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.
8 ~& j: G3 J* y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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- M! B0 I m4 t" \0 _( G"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." ( R+ k6 V* p3 d+ w& L$ `
“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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! S7 j2 h8 b, }, b, G9 q1 e9 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.
4 \. K# M8 x5 @0 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。
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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. , D1 y6 a( P2 E' M5 i1 `
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。2 e1 B1 L" f0 `) h& c7 t" Y
7 V6 y7 |( q% p8 J4 V/ @In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
/ R/ r4 j8 p- D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. # b# }$ ^. h9 N+ [& n; _
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划- z7 ^6 K4 h) n- b
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ( ^' Y9 S0 f* b" 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。
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. A6 x @; p; p/ O"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
0 t3 [% } r/ Z& ^9 G“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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 4 I5 V3 i: I' }' |
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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9 Q8 A2 }7 ~5 ~8 R6 t5 \"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."
; R1 F9 r' M. @$ x) \“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。”+ u* h% g; G |9 ?7 @, S
" y S2 c5 t2 {0 C, j$ j' ]( IWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
7 Q w3 R, g! U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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