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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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$ G: [* l5 r3 {) z: e) A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
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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. 5 B8 h C R0 e3 w% a' C
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。' J5 R- t0 Q& D0 a
$ E* P5 S' ~! z4 TJim 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.
8 @( p* I) m5 d- o- Z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, O. E1 Y/ N" }0 c4 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." ; }. v7 O) J2 T+ e9 ^! b& B
“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。”- S2 h" g5 b/ T1 T; L5 O/ X
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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. : Y: b1 ]! e' j, 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。
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+ x2 s# Z2 ~/ s" t, K% KIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
9 v+ ?4 _& M3 O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. " T* O V! y3 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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! {/ H! `' r; x, R, ~The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. - ?; G) i. b& ~3 l9 A
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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; P0 q: [. t- L- n. `/ r9 ALiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
: q+ ^1 X- I. @- T g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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! X, r& g' P6 g& Z3 ~" g' @3 i"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 9 {4 r$ n* M' o) s
“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。“/ H0 {$ k$ |, ]' f. {
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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5 \$ H, J3 G* D/ I7 h# U1 i2 Y"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." 9 v0 f9 t3 ? X
“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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+ `0 Q/ b' x3 ]( R/ XWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% W3 N0 y: c) g2 x# H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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