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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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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+ u( ?) L9 ^/ ~6 t
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. # W: W3 V% W* Z1 f* h4 \
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。! M: D6 k3 @3 n& ^
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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. ; T: \ _4 Y" p, I
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3 E4 g8 ~9 m) c! H0 f0 D4 P) S
/ g. {: I* t8 e) \) C6 e+ S"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."
1 k! p7 O+ a2 T: 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。”4 ^& Y: W4 f5 ]" w
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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.
; l8 P, o6 u8 T5 K2 v8 B* p. J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. N- D6 r% ^" ~* z5 @6 m( p1 l
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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; V: w, D3 W$ S0 M4 [* yIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
1 O5 }% A+ X; t' b2 v5 \7 q: E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.
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$ ~2 ]. W) h: a& Y, O- n! zLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 7 j/ S7 R7 |3 x' L' U0 I
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. 5 A, N# _/ U' K0 ?: w
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 u5 ]7 m% O* p4 k! J' D( P
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ K8 c: Y0 f! C
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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."
( U' B& F4 y% o/ 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。”: }: J$ d: r4 w; W* d% Q1 u' t7 Q
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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."
1 W$ U: i: Y5 _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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