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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. : R# M: `! R% V$ c
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。" c( a' ]& ~! A# i
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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. ( L9 l$ v7 c& @! ]% Z$ s c
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2 R( c& ?4 X9 t5 l( R; u8 ], z( x
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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% R/ J- L- L“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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( f3 T) M* `( D, |$ q% W5 DWhile 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.
+ F/ ~! s' ?8 K# `& J2 I7 M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.
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ) U7 m; [9 H6 O# {
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. & {/ b- Y& K( M! z
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划2 ~. @0 D q& z. D# w: J% Q$ i$ g
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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. 4 [$ v, O& {/ P6 ~6 n8 ~
“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。“6 }6 g( Q6 Q$ u, B; X' G( ]; U
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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* @% ]6 L5 U1 V; P( I$ K" c% r"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."
, c3 ^( N, A$ c“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。”4 K. C$ O# C+ T5 P- ~
5 A, V% F% ~2 DWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 3 Q r& m' i2 k4 ~% K/ U3 o
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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