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Deregulated power could inflate prices
" l1 \& s7 E9 [" B, [Warning from consumer advocate group
# d9 g% U! c2 l; E" ]By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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来自消费者维权组织的警告- I5 g$ S/ V, u/ p" E
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.
3 ^ C% Y. L2 a$ j( |7 e% }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. . u* L. c* S' \6 n" `& @2 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
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! W9 q& F: R3 Q: 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." 6 v' x: l; G- ]0 { q* c
“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。”: L, N0 Q F6 f
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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.
0 {% c6 x. C7 o4 k a- m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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6 O, j0 I" @/ N, a! \6 CIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. $ h8 S1 B% _9 [1 D, ]
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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5 f. d% i' N5 X" F7 {+ ]$ n0 L+ uIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
$ D) ] G3 f2 J8 e+ t; [" W/ P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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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9 X% I5 r& _: r8 h/ z+ ~1 Q5 T) e" c"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
D8 H# F, ~, Q6 G, h“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。“5 f+ j% P7 H2 ^+ w
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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, B, H# V) R8 `8 f# q) P"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."
$ ^+ M. g& o" O* K“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。”' y" v& x8 o# x* t3 L- a5 |% h/ N
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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." / g! k- V" v8 x* {6 P* v! e' 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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