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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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4 z; }" y) k/ J6 A7 X6 E y1 _By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ t9 Y1 Q, m2 k2 u
来自消费者维权组织的警告1 i3 k* `6 q# B7 @! H1 [
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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5 i9 ^+ \* C) G/ l/ wAlbertans 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. e$ P( J2 s$ o! W
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.
2 f: M# x& h2 L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+ e& E* L5 D( h* ^
5 z5 a5 j# p* C: S1 Y"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."
5 Z$ |4 B% B q# \3 z“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。”& Y9 s$ h( |8 R, U6 b! t6 s+ i
9 I: }+ u8 u9 P( T/ 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. 9 m! W9 S( Z# {' M- I
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。/ h) j" p( u4 k9 ]& i% Q+ `/ w# U' M
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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. ) \1 Y: U& S0 I7 J% ^
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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* c1 U4 Q! i t) P. ^4 I kIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 5 S$ m. j! T5 k2 G. |* D
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。 h1 }0 ^5 B7 r( k
$ `) a& _& Z( M/ G) e1 wThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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2 ^# H* S$ a9 {9 Z" B6 kLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. " J9 [3 r' z4 l* \& r
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。# u9 c- |# z' q# v1 e
% F1 Z9 Z f( w t; @3 T( {0 V"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. % P: y; w. ]/ \7 ~0 Y6 x* E; t
“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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* i: d6 X8 g8 [$ QAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
" l x+ V" n" k7 ^) r& b8 Y& g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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! Y! j/ Q4 u8 s! o; Q" n2 m% `"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."
1 Y+ g5 y6 g6 {( X, l1 L“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。”1 i$ \- l- W$ s; J, w0 \
* i) M6 r. N* {: y6 [' o8 IWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 0 e3 D1 g8 T# z& W6 d1 m
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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