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Deregulated power could inflate prices( i; G% B. w) h$ [
Warning from consumer advocate group6 O+ }" O$ Y' [% q, E
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' U! |9 s/ c! c8 Q
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
9 G6 `% T0 C" o P- N" t0 ]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% Q- u, a5 ^( m; W% S6 o J+ E b' s
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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.
) ]) y% _# r9 X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。6 \7 t2 P8 o a6 Z3 q2 m/ c& S6 c1 `
0 c7 W1 J8 P! o( Q0 IJim 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. , d& [- ^+ t! {! H0 Z; 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
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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." : O$ N8 a% d+ v- K
“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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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. 0 S1 l0 V2 B& `+ 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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. C, A6 d* {6 h" U! a) V
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。4 j: d& N& J5 u8 d
0 l: e7 P V u. ?5 E" V. Q* UIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
. Z' W' } r% b' [# K t2 c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.
1 P/ J+ _- y+ {0 t' @; }' A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.
- Q4 y: W! z) E% S! \5 w: b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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. # w, `3 U( J8 f+ F4 s! M v
“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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' s% n: p* T5 X/ o3 JAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 7 J$ b& j2 y; a, p. b P1 C' a
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."
! Z4 B" i g& I9 _( V' @; @“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。”8 _( k3 p. q0 S- m: [+ L/ p7 g
4 B( t$ o3 L, R' _. C, H* VWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
8 V7 t2 e6 F% z- Q# c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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