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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN! S; [0 F9 W4 z% n
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html4 u$ t) L7 x; Y- e/ R/ a1 V
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报; L* k4 ]4 h1 e
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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. 3 q6 N9 a9 ]& S/ T. ~& `5 M: m
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。; O4 ?4 ` T, G/ q; x& o- Z
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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.
% u' D- r# b z1 b" u. s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& n( c, P' B/ A) x; Z( p; }1 G
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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." + n& L, {; U% \: |3 d! \% V
“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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4 ?# n" x% A. Q; iWhile 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.
* u0 W& [$ V8 Z" B* T5 H) K: w$ V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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8 x5 s5 M- ?; cIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. u6 ?! L. t. M9 e3 j% n' k
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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) X9 I( u& n5 \ O% DIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. % q7 s0 v( R& m7 _5 f
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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: b* x( `& n5 n5 |0 tThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 |/ J7 E/ F# ~
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. * d- X7 o5 b, _$ X
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。3 B5 D. G' ~ v# I( p" y# Y0 N
# u- X0 I* z* O8 w' V; P' F"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! g4 ], ]" r& u) y$ b
“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。“' O9 [( C3 i# q' @$ a6 I
0 P* W% }1 f: p: q0 l" N; AAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 i$ C3 p3 i9 J
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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) H4 i7 D5 V! i$ l"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 ]. c; y/ F3 i+ m, H R“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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7 m: x$ o. A u' ^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."
) l3 b6 W; c1 |9 S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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