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Deregulated power could inflate prices7 `2 q/ A0 B% z+ K0 f8 i8 y
Warning from consumer advocate group
6 W; u5 ]( m" H4 yBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN" t# _" A9 T3 n" N
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
( h, i' z0 z& ]3 V- t# G1 x作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报9 H) ]( C- {8 Q% Q0 y/ C
. }/ |. ]8 B' T1 ]' jAlbertans 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. / h2 ]' P) B# e" U" H+ `4 @2 g/ ]
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. ( b9 e# N% Q2 i- E# g& o9 p0 u
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3 X, {& n; @1 c5 C; M3 y
8 }% A' z5 E! M) E4 u"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."
, }+ n" B: I: n$ m. V“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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. j" k0 z! \( }4 T! G: v* lWhile 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. ' X- T4 x) K: ? H
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。$ O5 v# V E' w1 K
( w* t2 C$ ~3 |! H2 h0 X( R8 dIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 3 U% _) y. O# p; e* _( t d3 \
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. 6 r! P7 D1 @# s% F. o* T
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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* |' B/ p! Q# c8 {. U- m" XThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
5 V! T; z* z: Q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划& I+ o) u2 C) a6 `- m& b. t
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , v5 U' p0 ?5 I) [3 @
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。/ h7 T& s# B+ M9 x0 Y& y6 K0 P
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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. . `/ I6 y" \4 K# { ]
“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.
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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." + ` a1 W5 Y8 {8 q
“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." - O3 s1 `. K; V6 U7 E/ P
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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