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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
4 n0 a* j, B- J1 W7 d2 W. f来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 I( X" `" R; E- s5 G作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报2 G# Z) E6 F* Q# @
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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.
* a6 U1 H* H/ F, @) E+ W; a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。% r; ~9 @2 [! }2 p
) \; s8 K. T3 HJim 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. ' B u# v/ [, u- g. U
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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; x5 k* h! x- l& f9 v5 P# \5 r9 q$ B$ n"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." ; w2 u! v) {2 T. S6 h! 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。”9 M! s4 N; W" t4 Z2 e" Y* }
' G6 o; F7 L2 m0 V' W4 qWhile 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% N1 h" t/ Q$ h
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.
# ?$ W+ X5 \4 ~% m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。' h4 M2 A3 m e) c% b1 g
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
& E/ b8 J; ^. d+ Z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. 4 T2 K/ e7 M; e7 _5 @8 s& c
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划& e L1 x; C+ b
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! A1 p) s0 X# x4 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。
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, z1 t7 P# C3 {, ]( `7 ]"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. W3 X+ Q, v2 P% v
“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。“7 g( b# ?4 R& C3 f
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
+ ^' s7 `3 |& D; [. e- L* \埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。2 M& {2 N' }% R3 V
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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."
2 ^/ v! u, M+ V2 p3 r6 w- t“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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g1 a1 s$ X$ l7 @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." ; z0 |6 A' W5 i3 ~$ C! D' V6 e8 E
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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