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Deregulated power could inflate prices5 B% C0 Q' X. s g% ?
Warning from consumer advocate group5 V L4 J3 {7 ?/ F& p! \: m5 X" k$ t
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
5 l. w! {4 F6 a# L来自消费者维权组织的警告
" | c4 Y, O7 I9 x. |3 c2 V作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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' n, u9 E% E& }: AAlbertans 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 j: g% Q* r& W& G3 u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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; A( d" f7 v! [0 ~" MJim 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 w0 U% o
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4 T% |' @6 J1 @( N
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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."
5 B! F3 m0 L& T& G# R+ `3 h7 f: W“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. + a9 W: B& E4 R$ P
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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1 i- o3 f( E% y- ?) g1 L7 u0 Q7 kIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
7 `5 `/ Z1 a8 E+ Z! 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. 8 Q) a/ k \& F7 |' G+ ]
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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6 H. n7 t, q& |1 zThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 0 A c$ \4 G! p2 P
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划, a1 l, L- `+ k4 `
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) o2 J7 c/ c2 X
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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4 d; `4 f5 y! s, _1 A* M8 ]; W"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
$ O9 Z# b7 Q3 N6 {2 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. 2 D0 ^+ L8 O8 l- p: u
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。- c% ]- ]. R4 q$ V$ T$ m
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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."
3 ?4 |. d* _, C/ n& I“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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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."
9 T: {! k1 o2 {; B" d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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