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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
7 s; j; i% A9 j来自消费者维权组织的警告
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0 J* k: e: E, g6 JAlbertans 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.
9 V# J9 A6 S4 A8 X b$ H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。9 i9 F* Q6 m# k
6 n' [5 e! ]& N3 c, hJim 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; M( Z- x& M0 e* t D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7 d. F0 N6 s1 V; C
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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."
) V* A; ^8 S& k& _# G% @) i8 H“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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6 a/ g# ^! `% b% a4 yWhile 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.
) I4 p, ^, |: 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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! m( j$ \8 X" a* ^- f; f
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。# J# }) Q; l: c3 j# v0 F+ s8 w
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
U0 E# B; U: C& }# Q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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+ c% N" E$ J- O6 dThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
% \$ s' m7 O4 y& M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.
, Q# ?8 x: {5 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。+ l4 e+ i( n$ k1 d+ u
1 @( ~" y$ w2 J! `9 q% x"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. # ~4 d, e0 [# b/ M! v8 c x
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
0 y" ]: V; [7 R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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0 Q# n3 I8 ?9 v, V0 Y# T" u"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." ( p. z4 h% O8 r. _* o0 g0 G
“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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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." 7 O9 J$ H3 l7 k& x6 r) 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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