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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN7 K7 p: V' k2 ]9 D
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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. 5 z! I+ j7 P/ S2 f( \
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。. N! e& H$ [9 d) L2 y
3 J6 ^& H8 J- V, w; I5 NJim 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.
" D9 Z" f$ [8 G9 |" ?' w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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"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." r% r9 c [8 `, y, X8 F3 p+ A
“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. ) [1 m \# A4 D E* F
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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* C! o/ Y) g4 G6 MIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
6 m( {3 \" z1 z1 Q3 z6 c, _& v v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。8 H$ }/ N" { s; k6 `# {" p, Y. n
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
{5 P t! m3 K1 w+ R+ a" w" c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。/ t8 W& y/ o9 z4 m
, T$ ^- h! C4 b, w& O3 @( q: S7 dThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 1 s7 p1 H1 }8 s& a5 r
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划- K- {4 u2 G- o o8 q2 F
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. : O4 ?' O% Y o4 D% g2 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。' k+ a# l8 T3 n. I4 \( B/ P; Y" c
( R# d! Y! s# }1 N+ r"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 9 U. m2 W5 m$ W# u
“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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. n9 }$ Q, ]/ H6 q( X& j7 JAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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." B9 h0 a7 J& C* U% \+ f U& [ I
“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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! D. {" r) ` [( l/ OWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
- K0 m6 ` R. d7 A, H) U) p( |8 G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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