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Deregulated power could inflate prices
" G9 o) U4 G) M+ dWarning from consumer advocate group
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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( A( X, L: T) P9 O' l
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报8 K2 ? P% C% @1 n& k2 Q3 V
K) I0 ]8 `6 hAlbertans 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. z u3 o3 L+ I5 e1 o! C
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. : c# M" r6 X6 I" C
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: E8 k, h/ x$ d8 \
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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."
& w! j6 @) Y- ~. p5 U* T7 o“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.
, X+ K% z0 g3 G9 R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。; H- z6 f; d% S4 u& ^' T5 s! p
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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. 0 P1 ~- F5 w7 u3 g, b
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。5 n- a' M- w) Q' E+ `
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + `! \* ^- Y' v9 a4 o
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。# {3 l3 R i9 {, l0 h
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 2 V: w( }7 [; a6 b% g
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划; d) x9 d1 {- t' S0 H
# K+ h1 L {, J3 U ]! p* P+ aLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
, z% K" Y6 ^( {/ a9 U) g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。0 U1 H. j8 m& N5 X
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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.
: `2 m$ }+ t: j" u+ p“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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$ D. {/ @) @! J) W+ XAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 w ?2 K/ ^% i
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."
& t Z5 ~7 M0 c, s8 X“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。”% m% f4 W- r8 i6 z- Q Y
* x( k$ x- S' J' }7 g5 uWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
, S( e+ F6 N( ^# I. 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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