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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 I0 c% n& O) S- x" L2 N
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
9 Q; K4 W. q9 _* {1 G# V/ b# f5 H来自消费者维权组织的警告8 C# Q( s: R' }* Y1 {* Q5 e: p
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报9 G) @' V* c3 S- y* B$ f
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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. ) d4 a) X% o; O9 y. G- y X- L+ Q% ?
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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3 O9 }1 M. W# x" [, ]1 iJim 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.
9 ^- S7 \$ ^" U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. u2 G0 j" m; P* p
2 ]3 t6 R8 o/ w"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."
/ Z0 Q0 F! M5 O“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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0 p! E% n1 T. Z3 d: LWhile 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. % {5 G- v0 U9 F' z6 C
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.
2 q8 C1 `7 `' {) N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。9 ]% g/ H" I3 ~8 A, d$ G- E/ k7 N
% s2 O Z% Y0 s. p+ n4 b( zIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + [( n, {( u- \, v/ z+ O1 t* i0 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。2 t# B- c' O* B( l" [% v# a
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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7 }" l" K& S" S) F+ bLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
; ]" d3 t0 \+ y/ u& J% T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. : `' Z5 @8 z/ m$ Z' S3 F0 {) N! q
“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。“8 h8 w3 y D9 X& ~! R( X, q
, S4 \9 `( D/ D M: y# C3 EAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 X: }! w* R) y* e: ]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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& g2 T& U% ]0 {"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." & i- A+ O% B' K0 W
“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。”& B2 A4 u E9 B
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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."
' V3 s. O: p6 L- F& ^5 u& _4 q' h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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