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Deregulated power could inflate prices
0 x& h6 J( Y# {- w: P: v) d; jWarning from consumer advocate group! `, u. V7 k. Q. b( ]# N
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& ^6 _ X$ h$ ~9 ~9 b6 c
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨& I* J' S2 o5 I: u
来自消费者维权组织的警告
* `( w" E4 e5 }/ J作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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h3 w% c* e7 m/ RAlbertans 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. 8 K8 [% P0 ?+ Q& q# u9 ]) ^' H2 z
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. |; }! Z& v+ _( ?
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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"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."
: Y% z3 s8 N) @, w“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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; T$ u- c- D8 `; l: F7 GWhile 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 p# U9 g% `: d- [6 g& K! 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。. n- x/ a; h j* [2 _- s
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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.
. o1 ~- ?* ^7 o# I- m8 y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. ! F, J! T2 m7 N1 B/ V
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。1 ^/ z8 B! F3 v- z- }4 ]
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
0 A0 A* g4 y9 l( L省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划5 v" I3 R$ M1 C" X" {
% h+ p- g1 B! V0 ~' o1 z' ELiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. # n7 Y, w+ E4 P" R0 a, W* `1 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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6 P! [' Y3 K% Y( O9 E7 ["We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
: ^/ c( w1 X+ A# U+ r3 R0 f6 f“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.
4 x: h* R, [# k, P* J/ |* R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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) Q8 a: |! q2 R/ ?$ W; x) l0 }: {"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."
( A' q$ {4 i, ?) ^1 ]“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。”' t$ V0 _/ g' _1 }( q
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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& N8 S$ j. L7 _8 _5 Z i4 t# x
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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