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Deregulated power could inflate prices: U8 u D1 j8 a3 D5 \
Warning from consumer advocate group
5 X2 E( C& Y ]+ r* TBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨0 p+ t" S! h1 _( v$ \4 Y
来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 B, _) b' y$ l, d, i! t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.
- Y. I ]8 \+ o; R3 t t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。
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, d, T0 k" |# T' t7 ~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. , E z) J U. j p7 @
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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$ ]8 Q0 H! h0 n9 e9 C! Z; d"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." 5 ]9 K8 b: t7 ^: S+ x* q
“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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9 c* r& U0 [! A3 IWhile 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 r( o; e4 L x: ]4 d
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.
8 r; S. [1 Y5 }. c' h4 |. X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. / i! Y, `: x9 ^, k- g1 e
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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# X5 ~8 I5 e) d' g6 _( IThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 0 ~" l5 M/ E1 U3 {7 y5 R" I. m, r
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划! k( f. \" t4 g
| R& p7 Z+ s6 K& d) yLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
, z5 @8 }& F m8 I' I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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/ C' N- y! ?1 J; P: \* V"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ; A( G2 d* p: U2 ]' }* l
“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。“: e/ U6 T* y5 C
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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."
4 g* w" \- w1 p- O: T* k% R6 Z“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。”& a9 _ a2 l0 [" Z6 ^
1 k( G6 x7 _1 ?' G4 S- [/ {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." + l: N2 g. ^; l% f, c
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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