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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 c& L( f3 |* K W# W% g
来自消费者维权组织的警告. T; C, P. X K8 u1 n
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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1 L: g$ E0 J0 F9 LAlbertans 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. 7 U/ z( x/ c4 c: y
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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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. $ w) ?: |; d7 U4 r2 N
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5 R4 p3 ]% K0 U9 `
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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."
, A& s/ }# Z( }# o) H% d X3 [“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" R) }- u8 I6 { n
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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. 3 `! r7 F- y) X6 S3 r
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。, f2 o5 U( F3 S9 s5 Y6 {/ e0 \& }0 I; L
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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.
" q: A3 Y; s3 g. ~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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & R8 J7 k y$ S9 l% R
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。2 M; a+ b8 w- S6 h& y4 V+ _
' _9 g) n5 o! M! \The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
, [, w: s( v. ~: {9 [$ v省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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. U4 l1 V7 h% x# B/ i"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
, a2 v2 B( k2 j' k. H, W& Z“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。“" X ^& {' A k& w- s) `
7 j+ z) E5 z! v. iAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. # w8 P6 D$ ~3 C9 W& W! @
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."
/ D/ u& M y. m; r- _! O“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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5 d7 x2 n- \) t, O8 p6 h4 V; G+ SWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% V7 w. W. n, R5 D5 K2 m H% o! 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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