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Deregulated power could inflate prices$ |" F d8 K6 w7 J& R
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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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. - R, M. {# ~2 ?
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。1 F) I6 z/ | w7 n
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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. % p- @0 a I5 T7 m' I# z
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- G3 z+ W" B+ }- r; L7 F R' T
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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." # f! Q8 t. e! T4 Y5 K
“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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4 \3 [* @# H+ h/ ~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.
1 I4 ^! \. W( z" n+ u* t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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! y0 _: k3 O n) Q8 _/ I3 j3 ?If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. * M7 @+ G" p6 q+ [3 W3 W m$ f) G: s
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。" D8 }' A, ?8 `7 X6 ~2 L% u4 K
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. # P- N% }1 n" Q9 b
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。! ^4 x p$ C, F3 B/ a
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. * P0 g3 C! y( d5 }8 O2 z
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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v; L( R) W, s0 ]- z- |Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. % o4 e# J5 K7 e2 A; @7 G( F# _
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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7 ? W9 F9 c/ d- g& |1 X/ b" O# @"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
% {# P0 \ z: @/ f n! }" ?“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. 3 y9 k+ j* P: `
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。% a3 U$ w/ E' L8 P3 k P! 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." - r x, r; ]6 Z- j
“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."
: l0 @' o8 |7 p3 E7 O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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