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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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/ x2 E- q/ N3 RBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ b1 @) N% O( d+ H6 F# n来自消费者维权组织的警告$ M% V" \* ` P7 S- o3 s
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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7 ?$ K) g N8 a7 C p# fAlbertans 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. ) t* O- P! d1 R/ h' H! r) \" k
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. + S( l7 m: D) W9 B& c# }3 M# ?( E* R
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$ f( s+ q, d5 l8 @
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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."
2 {6 r& M; v$ y" t1 S6 B6 Q“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. ( u, p- j9 e" m9 E
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。# B- p! O5 B+ U1 n2 D4 B6 S
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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. z8 p+ T4 s; O" E
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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 7 e( m1 ~0 i, L
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. # }! G4 M* \1 P
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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! y- }+ e/ U; [! C"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. # ]3 M2 A# Z5 s: K
“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。“' i& @. ~* D1 s3 N
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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5 ?) q. c- ?! y' l5 C( O3 u+ y"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." 7 A7 W* m9 A3 t6 `) ]
“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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( H' |; d3 |% S8 ]) Y3 wWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
9 H% u% f/ {+ C$ X% G) k$ n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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