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Deregulated power could inflate prices" W/ y- u" o8 C1 a m- m, \
Warning from consumer advocate group" P5 B4 }! V3 @; f" ?
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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f9 f0 `; t) H0 i' u1 g放开市场将使电力价格上涨( I N0 c0 Z4 w: z8 T% M
来自消费者维权组织的警告1 j7 H# [7 j4 A* C7 D# B6 @- y
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报 Z) d! `/ U7 b- u u
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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. . ?5 L, b, v) T, q5 ]
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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7 m* e- U+ L* T' JJim 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. 3 Z% l9 @$ U7 _) U+ D
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." S0 k0 H% T, J2 Q7 G2 B
“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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7 U, g' K4 x; ]( S+ p6 J8 TWhile 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.
8 a6 g6 R; b7 Y4 W7 }" p: V, }9 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。- H t+ m7 F8 }* u' Z
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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.
# s5 q$ b. E- i' i9 H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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7 b; {! h8 m( ^ `9 @) D5 OIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ! q8 g5 L1 Y: `
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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, ?3 W- g' N. b" l7 u! X$ W; t* k' \5 nThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
. M4 O8 l5 C$ U省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划( g1 x+ l$ R- J( b
0 R) u+ j( H9 R' c. VLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. " d! K: @3 P3 Y5 T/ {3 M
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。6 a" \! {" S5 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.
& H% ^4 }. Q6 U% a. |) I4 E“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. & s) Z- z }* Z1 ?9 S
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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& Y2 |( Z- A/ E X9 c"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."
9 N* K8 F" [: ]“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) c: I+ \8 C$ i. u+ W3 `
( ~+ T* f9 V' V7 [ u0 b1 L- `7 cWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 7 t. e- |! |1 [7 C
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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