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Deregulated power could inflate prices) Q3 M" _+ \- c, R* G1 p1 L) X
Warning from consumer advocate group
" @% z* s6 H. W, Q" kBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN* e5 c* m$ |8 V8 N
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨! ~) P D3 N; ]* R' q- k% t
来自消费者维权组织的警告
8 `. y6 P; w: r! u: ^4 a8 M作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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9 E- r( o0 [, R7 G- KAlbertans 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. ! D6 ^# o0 a: a, @$ l8 w% `
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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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. % |; B+ F) j" o4 }# S* B2 c# S4 Q
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+ ]8 U; l8 Z' w; v/ z
; N8 P7 U( p; @1 Z"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." . c) J* l: [1 h
“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.
) B7 ?2 [+ Y0 }" G( {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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/ a! Q+ w# u) O% M) {" DIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
0 N/ j' K X$ I. z' ~' q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.
7 T8 {5 H2 v- K3 F/ x. z4 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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6 I; w- n, z; O$ b `* HThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 L- S; W; Z$ A- c. g省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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8 |/ t. r. ~8 z, OLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
+ Y$ | ]( Y, _% E8 z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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2 U, e7 X( k/ w: V8 P" I# o"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 6 g0 G" i/ ~" T$ B
“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. & X i8 m! y G7 i0 p7 Z `
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." 1 ` N$ {5 [' j a* n7 h
“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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9 t6 T& x& }( r/ I. rWhile 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% T1 H) s' J2 t
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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