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Deregulated power could inflate prices7 W9 U% n+ u( P# P
Warning from consumer advocate group# C) G% w/ p4 L
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨5 p# ^# [" J& d z/ `- W
来自消费者维权组织的警告9 I, o9 U+ w$ z; d5 [
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.
5 |4 T5 s! C T, M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. 5 G( t( S/ R6 E' B
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." , z, u' L( J) W, D" i0 u8 m
“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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. v: P; s; r- R$ k* hWhile 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. - q( _7 |; t1 O
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。0 Q- |2 Y. b: g3 U+ X2 l4 v0 x
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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.
1 X5 ~8 v8 X( O& V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。$ n* p5 N* T* K$ ?1 p
# M- @" M; J* Z; r, g ]In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. * j' n$ X6 z Y' c. 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。, k# J& e r, w) [5 l n+ u. y" U
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
5 t. q) v2 m, U8 I7 i省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划" c! }+ A. [! Y8 O8 K7 K+ Z; ~
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 5 U3 N# b# C5 k( n
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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+ g; d% g$ x& N$ q% r+ K"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 ^' t& k7 M# w* w H u“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.
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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." # i: I* X- f0 J: `4 L6 P5 T
“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。”9 ^ o7 X5 Q, \3 e, I
$ x5 i8 ~ B! i' {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 T# C- ?" X5 [% {& s9 r4 u# ^7 q
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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