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Deregulated power could inflate prices
* W; E) Z0 M. i! ^Warning from consumer advocate group
2 N2 I0 T6 f2 q! r/ S1 PBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN7 R) `9 M3 Y1 ~/ Q/ u
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
; R7 a4 W1 C: F! x) J* f5 x放开市场将使电力价格上涨
0 k' h6 c( A; z9 \% X! W/ f来自消费者维权组织的警告
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1 K C6 }: U7 y9 EAlbertans 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. / f5 Z3 B9 ~! V# P- Z( G
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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3 W0 l& Q! s3 M+ _& QJim 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.
2 \+ U5 C3 F& K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: B: D" h( O, G% r: ~& T" e
- L) {+ n7 V% g3 u"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."
- Z0 ~- Y; A* z& C“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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8 u, O0 _% z1 w- A, ~, D( B' kWhile 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.
& b: \1 l: T z7 J9 p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。' v" d6 D/ w6 S u" x
2 ^2 N( l+ {' e) k0 b( l: m$ n% oIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 0 |8 i' x2 @* e. Y! f; Q
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 S: H% k+ b3 ]( p; Q
3 F6 T$ F- [# X$ b! |- V- W9 \In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ( u2 n3 `# L% o: @) t
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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X, p. D8 n: zThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 7 J9 P6 C V' u, {4 |7 o2 I
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划+ Y' |: {! w$ w% [
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , m' F/ u. s- m# D
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。' b% Q4 f: q+ v I" C7 ]2 ]
5 L9 @, \2 s9 \. U7 d* D"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. / |4 F) }9 U1 S' ^. i' q; ?6 X6 I
“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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( T t& k3 O3 _$ i& `1 A0 e2 PAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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, e! n; r2 w! S* g"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."
, K' V% \% }* Y0 u. m! F4 t" S0 l$ \ c9 ]“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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0 i) P- Y Q0 t" H) 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."
( H2 S" ~7 ?, U6 d- n( s N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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