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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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6 j0 |% o# u4 r, uBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN$ r+ L/ {% Z4 L4 Q8 |
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨3 Z2 i! ]% i* o8 A1 @1 t2 ~; _8 f
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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& [$ Y' x3 N8 j% x1 R4 ^, r. 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.
* f' ]& r" y- d, t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.
& `4 ?( e5 J7 {- p1 h+ I! D; \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' p8 U# A/ Y1 b
9 D6 G* e5 b* k4 }/ O"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." , ]9 z. y" {+ k5 s+ K w
“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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% s" w) [. J0 ~9 O: @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.
, t+ M8 m) C0 _1 W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( x& \6 `$ r8 o- A4 c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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+ i' y; p; Z. m% t: x5 }In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 5 p2 f- R- Q z# G
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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( \4 p) j E: I5 [# PThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. : W. A# U* U7 @, Q4 x! m: u; _
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.
K. E1 o: C+ b6 n$ M$ K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。1 o2 {" b% D4 F/ {! k9 B
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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 {( T! i7 R3 G8 a
“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。“* Z' G n" L5 e+ o# {, w
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
) C8 a4 v. N8 r( G! g& \: M& i G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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# R( L3 G5 @' c5 K4 h; `9 B"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."
; [1 O1 Q; N9 _; P. H0 `“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。”7 z. m4 D" p8 k- J1 d' p( Q
# N& Q( _. u% iWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." , S5 ]4 u$ l. s/ U& G( D" x+ O
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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