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Deregulated power could inflate prices5 S/ i1 M% Y& a, O u1 a
Warning from consumer advocate group7 @, Q/ v. y$ E8 M' s0 @7 `, [
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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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. - H+ B$ z# T1 ]5 z8 f% P
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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, P2 z( \8 c1 A0 P5 ?; B, K( y$ 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.
# _: N+ H% J6 `& j6 |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1 ^+ j) K$ `: k- p1 w# C& Z
% ^- e, C4 J- T( K"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) p; r6 }& X5 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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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. 7 q6 n1 [' w4 B
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。; m5 q |# y7 [) }
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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. w% E" m7 u; d, W6 B, ]3 o
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。/ x$ Q3 D; _ s& W
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
* a$ h9 T' Z4 W4 r/ i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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/ ?2 L% u9 A- [$ I# o0 r4 uThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
1 c6 A3 L% t& V( g9 z3 ^省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划& W1 {9 K5 _3 `8 [6 q1 g2 h
: r* k7 N p* a2 x' u; BLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
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: e3 v' K* |; M- k; lAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 1 o' i% ~) X7 c" l
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。% P) u& b+ L* {. N1 w
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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."
! S# g# m* ?, I( N; I/ w. a }. 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。”
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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." - j) |. Z. C. v3 k6 a& A
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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