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Deregulated power could inflate prices' {$ @, c( W0 v6 e' ~4 g, ^2 I
Warning from consumer advocate group
9 A! ?5 X& R$ V# o: |7 ]$ TBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
( \" o3 c; V/ \( X3 ?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 m3 z) o9 _3 N+ Q' e) q$ |" V
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报4 x( |7 d7 w, {) }/ d
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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. 9 _; u" d, J4 J1 `2 ~" C ^$ Q
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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, o& ~8 t8 w9 w2 `/ AJim 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 `* h; @' }9 O
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2 h. {' o# p! P, l
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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."
* b; l& z, @& F" e* M5 k, L$ e4 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。”7 F; i2 c0 L" `6 j t/ y7 x9 }
8 a) g) v, {6 K4 n* i$ zWhile 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 a: Q0 k. C# e) o# W0 ~ j% ?% l
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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: c/ y! b% q% uIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
) N) A* B) G# Q& U1 d S* E8 W2 Z5 }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。( H+ f! X0 g8 k3 [) T3 }, P
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 q# }2 W* b: \# x& h
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.
0 j. S0 g7 o% [" I$ y0 E( ]$ `& x% a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. ' c- |, k" B( |2 \
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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
1 e9 @; ?' ]; x! E; ` c“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。“" _4 I0 n1 \% N& y+ |3 G- R
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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."
8 n, p5 g0 b5 A- B1 N5 ]! b4 C3 u“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。”
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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."
# p) X/ o0 i/ P Y+ s' f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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