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Deregulated power could inflate prices
0 P" p: k1 ? W7 qWarning from consumer advocate group
4 U; q. i- O8 F' K* k0 Y/ T$ lBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# @) B- }9 H. S( [; I
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
0 w' K$ \4 f4 w3 ? Q/ _7 n作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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9 O9 C- f3 x2 X. H2 X0 {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.
K, L6 _5 s+ m0 {; I6 [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.
8 H+ c; {; w. I2 v- G0 k; Q+ 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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) y& f. @8 r7 r6 I"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."
! t7 `- v) d1 ?! U- e“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 g0 k# n3 p" f" h( X8 JWhile 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. ! i- J+ i; c: V. o* A
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。7 ]5 L2 \1 p8 P 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.
7 v/ r0 V0 y( g X6 x: a2 n. w/ W& s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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: N% ]+ Q& C& x$ AIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! X( A0 R" C d9 @) }% h2 E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. . {/ K- T9 C& [
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) ?) K" N6 S1 q j
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。7 d5 {, R: z! d+ \- j Q5 T
& k" u' A8 w' E7 i7 m"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
+ h' T4 h. J, \/ f) H% L; i0 g, ^“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。“' l: F- c7 M7 V+ e& e4 B
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ n1 r& g+ w( N$ Z/ y1 y! D: a
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。6 V" Z. M% S/ ^" a. {
1 l4 ^+ `/ }- O2 g k/ N"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." 6 \' o- B+ G$ M7 b; Y3 o& @# }
“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。”4 A% L9 ^8 V3 ^
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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."
6 i- }$ \8 ]1 D; l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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