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Deregulated power could inflate prices
# K6 K5 T2 x( J9 m/ I9 T4 UWarning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
C" j" O! ?: H- u+ C% i6 T8 r* A来自消费者维权组织的警告
O" C# f: _ N1 ^ d作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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8 ]- [* H0 x8 WAlbertans 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.
3 i8 d6 { C4 n; N1 ]0 [( I2 l1 E% _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。; R' X3 q# r( l7 B9 ^; X
- B& A) f8 W* BJim 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.
4 |6 j' {; o9 H4 a; p/ v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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4 R8 T6 E% {) i) G h"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." . _; R4 s; [$ |; Z% g5 r- v) H
“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。”/ V: r# A7 u. j f
: M2 h; y0 D; UWhile 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.
! J/ D t6 Z6 ^* @3 _) l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。. G. b# s7 N; M1 C' {/ q
0 w4 L [ z8 u( q# ?If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
. R1 B2 O6 C9 l. A. C# G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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4 e* X, E- M3 r: m" j. MIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
* H1 X6 f1 f! {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。/ ?! z0 }8 Q6 Q3 x+ K
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 6 m( f4 k2 b/ x) o1 o
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划. P# O8 z) \4 c% a c" c
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , L3 u: T+ |$ M, a
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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' g$ j9 I! u6 {3 R# h"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ) F2 H4 S1 l6 P! Z# 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
# ?: a: T' c0 M: A* H y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."
1 B1 S5 P3 J' j5 g6 H. E“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。”! v/ _6 U M( C" y2 M) X( x
8 K7 H! z$ b$ PWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
- _6 n# t$ [& i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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