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Deregulated power could inflate prices
0 p# B7 }1 F% x0 TWarning from consumer advocate group
( F6 m* R( X+ Z& f" j: y" [By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
# J/ E# `$ B8 o6 Z1 R来自消费者维权组织的警告
1 j, }: _; x6 W& b作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报1 t: l+ J# C6 s; k) A
8 f" G0 j7 I0 e0 E5 V. D- \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.
/ }# ^1 A, f; |; T4 G! X- Z& V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。5 ]* f/ S. ]' V( b1 b6 s
4 a& e k* @" hJim 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.
) o q; Q; B+ F" ^# }- e# V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."
5 Q" j1 e" p$ T8 b) ~“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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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.
& H' z# e3 ^6 Q1 \8 @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。4 V7 [4 V) ^; @6 b
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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. : X! T4 w% A9 ^' E0 m2 Z S o
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。. j/ J% P* y( ]2 J9 ~
4 C: n; Z8 _5 @" d* jIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
. R5 S% f8 q* B. C' o& g; V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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4 x! @7 S" i7 V% p& I0 @$ cThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ) w9 N/ b( i" t* f; i9 b' E
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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! n" M) r/ S6 b; B1 q! oLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* m# q8 j% d5 V/ A/ Z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.
, k& l E I; U“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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: U [- f. Q! B2 k$ S: JAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ) a. ]1 d/ R9 V
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。' h( Q B4 y) y/ F0 \% `" a
1 T" d" Q7 F" K0 ?/ [* k9 T"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# N9 F& u* x0 ?
“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。”9 T( I! s0 h4 U" P+ A3 B2 m, a
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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."
# o& t* j3 V6 t( e& \: d! @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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