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Deregulated power could inflate prices, c( w6 w) }3 J
Warning from consumer advocate group1 j4 G/ |2 p+ F3 V
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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8 ?# _, s6 \ W1 n, W1 Z来自消费者维权组织的警告
; M2 h+ |$ B9 v; m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.
! f7 ]) T; N3 |' S- S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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! Q8 @" j1 \/ N# R8 I9 pJim 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 K+ W7 ?( C' d, H2 p2 P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; f9 L2 J; G+ L* X5 e* ?
2 ^0 S2 k) Z+ N"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." : T1 W F1 t$ l- h( ~4 ~/ M1 o; 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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5 v3 f& ^/ K4 a1 J, aWhile 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 B- }6 @2 x8 {: u9 x) w! w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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- }! R+ i/ `, Z, i2 N NIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ t2 X, [7 [; w' R) i6 k# n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. / A& L7 J4 b n' }4 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。* }; c9 [2 f7 z3 @2 }) ~
. }; X, R* X# @" C9 cThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
: K0 X; N* w5 C% b' g1 S/ ?省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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" Q; h5 i: _; cLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 1 y1 N$ T% x9 k0 \
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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; k& w7 v3 Z( y"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. " Y8 v7 N( C% N6 j& {4 {# A
“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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% m! I, |2 a! |Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' g7 t+ b t5 N9 \. ~* X
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." 6 f, o; N4 {0 e) M
“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。”* i+ _6 P7 g7 o* m# c3 v7 {
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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."
7 I" f5 Y$ v/ K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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