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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN6 ]2 ]- C9 Y/ N' u
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ d" L. m! X% A( `4 O来自消费者维权组织的警告
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0 b! X) I r, e$ ^% f$ M' MAlbertans 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 }. U! s4 ~5 ~* O2 U8 F: |+ m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。4 ]0 f' m1 y- K7 r. C: C( Y/ H: E
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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.
; n, x2 {" G3 l2 B y& G/ q' o2 ^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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0 s& A+ b0 l$ a/ Z" C# C"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." ! i3 M0 A' k5 Q- 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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+ h' e$ c5 N6 O1 T. L4 @2 OWhile 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. 0 ^/ S Y7 v( h5 ], P5 O
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. 1 Z# O. O, M8 _
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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& ?& o, G5 n- \. g$ EIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 3 _4 Q6 M/ \( C3 Z% l0 M% k
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. * i5 ?( U, P+ i9 x+ x7 U% P1 b
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。9 u" v* b# v$ k- n( r
( s! x' F0 R1 o% k* w3 t& H* J"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. & C9 n' u9 F' m/ m* C5 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。“4 N. h/ b& J$ o. a* G, \4 f1 ~
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
% Z; U% V2 o5 A% C) G |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."
1 f. V+ k- x7 F* [8 u“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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- x$ b9 M3 m* z }! a. K1 ZWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
: I9 d2 g. G7 Z3 x/ p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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