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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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" G' t9 _1 ]4 B$ `) f) K8 zBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN f" T, E! X! Z* m
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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$ {9 ?5 X4 m! ^, }5 X来自消费者维权组织的警告
& @2 D2 Q1 L' S9 L) V) l作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ z1 E$ [& I& |8 K. t4 [' q
/ }. z2 `; f8 z- j! YAlbertans 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. g; T8 P' {% n: r$ k& d
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。0 p" r' p9 w& A8 l8 T" e
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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. ' x4 x1 m! p+ f; }" p
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." # E V- ~3 f5 @, o# V' Y5 \
“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。”: Z: c7 o0 I0 O( E# \6 W% J
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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.
0 c7 G: n" @& C+ X) }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. & v0 e, T$ h6 Z
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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x# k- N4 P; w0 E' ZIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ' A i9 e7 A- K1 B
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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$ v' p( {1 [1 [/ b! ^* H- x1 sThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
3 J0 \# `+ a, |- n省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划0 g- t/ K# z/ S3 A
1 ~- D7 A8 t: F, pLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ( R5 K. _+ \/ 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。. \. U2 L9 Y2 A& i
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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.
. E- P {) _, 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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/ `& N) ^+ M# ^1 k& a* tAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
6 h. I6 u4 C% v7 }2 b" J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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"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."
, l- K7 F1 {8 p6 {3 c% @' E“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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' C, K! B" z5 r0 r/ \( x* cWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." , a( @! J5 t3 `* g+ P
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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