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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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' }0 x7 K1 O" xBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN/ N/ g8 C: {% t; g5 n9 u/ l% U4 J" @7 b( \
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
: H$ Y( v: ]+ |放开市场将使电力价格上涨
z3 a; r3 K# P3 z+ w. P: m- K来自消费者维权组织的警告
& J- k; ]9 }; U% [! e& z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. " u; y! ~7 d, F
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。8 e2 e2 X3 p4 ]! Y) } G
8 g$ }& f/ W% f; t) jJim 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. S* d( I3 v! `* w( [9 ~8 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
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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." ; O8 [, v9 s8 [2 U8 n4 ^3 g) d
“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。”- m+ d) f9 N( S
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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. * V$ k( i# M% b0 r9 L) @
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。1 W4 U: N& ?1 ^' m+ V3 x' a
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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 h0 m, k I' A$ 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。4 y7 r7 P5 n5 ~. ?: T" i4 `
& g. ]7 H$ p2 j. a1 V/ O, wIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
9 `9 f0 B% c$ v8 Y0 X' 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。4 O, |" R* H9 Z' h/ I$ E1 m
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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1 `% ^6 X$ T7 M0 ULiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
8 l5 O; E( A& d8 ~ B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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0 e" l' u# k" ^2 u1 h2 o( q- P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
3 r0 b n7 p0 U- {4 Y“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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: `0 ]# ~# P) f+ l& x1 D) K9 qAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. : K- ~0 b \# n* ]" p
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."
0 k) ~# P& C% J8 a) z“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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* q7 c$ ?9 ?* L/ K( V1 \( |6 A" BWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
: t2 m* R+ {! b' W2 ~/ M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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