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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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% R; C! @, f- oBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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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.
7 _; Z# R& h, 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. . w1 U3 U4 V& K; T9 K
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4 O: m/ O. T4 X6 E# s% \
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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." % Z8 t. A0 J- ~1 I2 Z
“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。”, C6 ^- D" I; y9 @' [8 o* N
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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.
) `# c9 m* s& X# X. M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。# a& R9 A- ? R+ N
% G4 E9 _$ ^1 C% uIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
# Q: p3 z5 G- F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。3 ?- D7 u$ ~" E, z) B7 h
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 2 A# w8 \2 [! P. x1 t. Z
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 O. y( E; ~, D. N" h9 g
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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* z/ r8 I4 Y( S6 ~, f7 a5 F7 u$ RLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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0 a* Q" O5 G% ?9 f5 _- {"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
6 Z1 U1 t; y, c4 c* h: ^' Z$ t" 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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."
! Z8 h0 b9 U6 j“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."
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