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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 x" M6 g. S7 D3 UWarning from consumer advocate group
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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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( A4 L- W4 C, |* XAlbertans 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.
8 s X; K: o# |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.
5 x% I9 i4 i2 d% j' q9 f$ L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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+ h* r7 s S: a; a% O( R0 V"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." ' [ E" X7 F5 {1 Q: ^9 R
“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. : |5 P) p& |* H' c# c
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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. x# v% r2 o4 O0 q1 U" IIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. / z1 |# w/ Q: a! m7 f; l+ `! |
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。" ~0 V8 A y4 R9 j# Q/ H
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. . }; |& _8 a; p7 S
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. 3 q& \( s/ b A0 ]2 Q. S
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 8 A1 f; C; e+ L7 |3 J+ Y
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。. L4 g; ?. v s, M5 _
9 x) ~% r8 q& x, C/ b! c$ u2 j" t"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
5 p8 W- t3 g! M: k% s“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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% z! P; P/ Y# A0 A5 k1 XAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 6 U3 Q5 f9 I, x- ?
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."
; N# b6 T/ L d# ]+ l6 F+ A“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。”& H6 T9 _. ^) t
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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."
* c( F8 H) G+ r& g: o# z9 J {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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