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Deregulated power could inflate prices" K+ l) z K5 P& \' r3 O
Warning from consumer advocate group
C" ]# E: W, G7 ?4 EBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 D3 p( d5 Z! }
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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" S7 T% Q# X% F: \4 LAlbertans 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 y8 p0 S o1 u6 [4 z1 e( L3 E, j9 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。% T5 H& ^3 q0 |8 B
7 U/ k1 N6 ]) s; ]" W0 tJim 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 z. ^* M" }( x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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. W3 D% S$ ]$ H! ?1 ` N0 y"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."
; ^4 [& E" o: s% I“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. # @* U" \4 V; c: b8 R% B8 ^- t
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. ; V! Z3 v: @' O0 l: ]1 \$ X% o+ W
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.
+ E8 a6 ^3 \' ?3 D- {$ O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。9 @7 d, l4 ? I% J
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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' e' p8 K; G) T0 i& ~Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
2 A4 y' ]$ |! K/ K5 g& L* ?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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' n% f4 v' H. `' Q2 `"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. L% C6 y8 z) F) T# W) S" g8 {. x
“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. 9 ~5 R0 N/ P& `2 |9 o' n8 v) G4 o
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。) B& U+ Z) f: O. `2 J& z% |
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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."
0 D: e9 W( P, i2 c“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。”" w# v8 I7 q: a$ d
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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." 0 S' n3 i& w4 ~' C' J: b1 l5 I9 n
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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