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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN4 [# ~3 F9 i, }6 m
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
6 Q# E! V& M- o# u' [$ T! D9 h6 g: v放开市场将使电力价格上涨
, D4 U3 A$ o5 K来自消费者维权组织的警告
1 z7 h, {. c: ]作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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, p7 N" w$ @- n+ Z, S7 DAlbertans 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. ; R, x; H M$ a [: E% R
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 l2 I" m+ }6 I, E1 t- Z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."
. @, x ^- r+ c$ h“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。”! W8 I" E T0 [, {4 Q
: j/ d2 U, h4 iWhile 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. d* I8 Z5 f. N$ [- V
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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. # H; G+ }" ]5 x
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。& A* ?$ {5 t$ z( I/ \0 B
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 8 w3 l5 R* E# [9 m' r& D) S
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。" B0 @! l% ~7 {5 m2 Z+ a5 I
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. . a. F+ f5 j& B* x
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划# `+ Y/ w7 `, p5 o- q( p, f3 t, A
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) T9 j! o0 U( \) ?! y. X
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. 0 Q( h) u: j3 M/ t* s. E5 ?
“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。“. ~7 S/ g# q6 L3 F6 N1 T' n
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. . y" Y; R% v S
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。; x+ u7 ^6 L! {( E5 Q
9 x: I) y+ ]8 [ h) b# @0 m"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."
4 O n6 O8 ~9 H7 }0 P) Y“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."
8 G8 | \) [' T0 O; x" J7 A$ n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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