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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN( D3 a0 H q7 Z! p: B* A- y- O
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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: P3 T. T2 E; i+ L6 U
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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. 6 U. S9 `# O7 }& Q+ h
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.
+ K8 ]3 e; h( j. ]% o4 n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
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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." & ~( v8 ~4 O' _" b" O M/ 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 l- i+ l H* d4 g: g, Z+ ^! W
/ c/ f9 \6 R( ^: p1 W, |5 xWhile 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.
( D- ~% u4 q$ s2 y& T- {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. ( r* |9 ~$ W5 a) b' `
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。* a5 Z3 u4 ?6 f f
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ) I8 f7 _, y6 Z; \2 N1 C0 U
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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; U9 F. ?) J$ b% H' uThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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T" d: Z) H/ \" {! _* u1 n3 @# xLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. # N' X3 \6 N" S4 U2 I' K; Y. J
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。$ I- X: I' m, v+ ~7 P4 C f
* a6 v$ h9 N: Y0 A( T5 P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! q; o7 @ ]: j+ s- M" v$ p2 X
“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。“9 [- j6 z$ B2 p' R
# E) u! G- e. s; FAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 f) f E* B! B* A9 j1 d6 w Z; b
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。7 r' p2 R% N5 K3 E
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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." , |0 f$ q: |5 z- d8 C% |# C" ^
“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。”- E! g" N& g# ~, x! }
* ?# [& v. q3 z! hWhile 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 g/ p$ s2 t- Q, i
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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