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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN c( W0 a4 C# r
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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) _5 H# A' D2 Z# ^, b. E来自消费者维权组织的警告
0 I6 b0 |( C. O6 C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. 4 ^: \$ f$ P# A! K' A2 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。$ P( E: A; _6 ^3 T z+ B- |8 N
# e, x' d# l& x& X% f" Z3 V8 k* jJim 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.
% [; J$ U; |) H% d- u6 [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4 U8 [# p5 [! _: S: u8 F2 F
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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."
4 B/ Y2 K2 w5 k, S9 x. O“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。”/ R( u) l6 ^2 ?9 h; K
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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. ! Q2 [0 V& T) H1 |: Z) j! d, R3 Z: U
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。2 N( f& @- }8 T
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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. ' ~7 p7 d9 K5 T, f z
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。, M; v3 G' Z( m% | J6 Y+ L* [
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
9 C0 l& G3 Y$ Y# Z5 h- v0 z0 |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 W& L' m( T8 u S- w' X. e4 A
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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' L) k3 j. W1 t: N L# N; nLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
' W/ O0 F( g0 @, u: R7 U7 \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。, L+ \- C$ a8 P, X# j3 d
' {6 s3 a4 d7 ?+ w5 V7 Y! O7 E3 a"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. - m1 O1 @, z' Q8 k2 B% Q! f7 A
“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。“" m* l E; f' | n3 [0 {( t0 }
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' B/ [) ~$ H) @) C! v$ c! x
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。4 Q9 c8 j2 g6 [
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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." $ v7 [# Q4 G- r! Z, @4 B0 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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3 Q4 i# p' {7 `1 O6 v) [1 I. UWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
! ?1 ?# {# y9 n2 z* b* F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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