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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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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
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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.
/ [) }2 ^& x5 w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。/ R$ ^1 q4 l% {0 f$ Y1 S8 u
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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.
* C0 [+ p% }& \- |$ q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/ Y, c1 a8 z9 t7 g& }9 }# \: l6 {5 e
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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." % l e$ s1 W4 F$ T: i; |# p
“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. , x) Y& E8 `( k# n1 H Z
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.
9 K5 L1 Y; B3 `4 p7 X) K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。, i' m0 p& S" t' W/ a5 ?$ ?
5 {* B; r$ J" h9 B8 \& Z% v7 AIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " Q* b z0 N" K( S4 E2 H% 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. 9 {4 {* Q. w1 j8 F" {3 F
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划4 A5 [0 F) D+ ]3 \3 Y
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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. & X# [1 B8 u& E0 \
“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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7 Y& A: \5 P$ c+ _- u& X6 ^' A( \Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ( x; K9 t9 u, b' Q- g6 k1 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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- n( k$ \$ k) C' o"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." $ I, S' J. B; t( ?& s" N
“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。”0 l2 M& q& B6 l& b! V" k9 x1 b
" [: [, }0 g( A1 _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."
* a+ h3 X# W4 N }; l6 O: e/ l2 q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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