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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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8 `. o0 L7 s" D6 g# C放开市场将使电力价格上涨
# u5 `9 R J0 P1 I0 U+ J- i, \% @来自消费者维权组织的警告. O( u2 L5 g8 I9 E) K, ]' t& [
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, d4 Z/ ]3 H9 J! G) @4 X( U, m
- A' I% Y/ C1 ?$ [- @$ p6 lAlbertans 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. ' W: m/ ^$ n* }. l3 u* \, g
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.
) X. u- F$ N3 ^+ L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7 o/ o4 D8 E! K- s$ h' ~- Y8 x0 X$ ]
6 n- l5 v: n6 _" l; U) k"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 \1 Y$ m# }& ^. J% [“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。” x8 N/ q! [4 {: f9 P
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While 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.
8 U j& Z2 |% B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. ; l( J+ b! D4 O6 ^
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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. - D& q* g' w# A0 v
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。6 e( t% V* \- P4 C
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ( C2 s( m4 D# ^3 H# ]5 |/ O2 k
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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8 |$ r/ h4 O0 o) F7 P8 SLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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: o( ? B1 j$ ^"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
; x! s; o' F) ~) I. X H“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。“) I9 `0 E6 `% U0 Y4 G3 S% \! m
6 l; J; |' X- f! c1 WAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
; H5 f) z: D4 }1 s埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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; b* d+ h w8 L$ w/ t"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."
: `. _' X b, g' d“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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" O1 _; _4 p/ ]+ R# eWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
& A1 V) A; u+ S0 @' @- X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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