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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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5 T9 ?2 v" U2 O# k9 A' ?. o8 MBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
: I. V& C8 L# E/ c% P作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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* J6 j& }, }, bAlbertans 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 i1 ?) t' F' o; F; n
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.
6 k4 u; D# b F8 w1 t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; g7 q( g h @; ~/ B1 D5 q
4 q/ r4 @+ S* O$ b8 D"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."
. _% {! M5 Y3 k8 Y; 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。”2 T9 u' a! c D1 l h" ? @
( r* Q7 `8 `: C1 W+ BWhile 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.
5 B( Y7 ~: b' [2 b0 d# U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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% W2 @& b+ ^+ K# h9 SIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. . Q; U* q0 ~; l5 N' d2 k+ O( ^8 `
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。; L* v0 i) r5 l+ c. k
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 }, y- j7 \2 D+ `/ ~
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.
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% h* z6 r; E* B) c' L# d9 n"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
, p) S v L) E- y“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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; ~' Q& R9 \+ k. v ]Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ D: a1 E0 C( O x7 }
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。0 ^- o' ]7 h( w9 K, q
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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."
! ~: o# M- C9 @+ f$ p“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."
# w$ w+ K" t0 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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