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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
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! z+ f1 `/ Y+ n+ }: Z
0 P2 _) \& L" `. m1 ~ rAlbertans 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& P; K* q8 d! o& }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。1 F' g5 }0 L" O7 `% h4 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. 7 `* c% d4 @7 K2 h W8 P
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." 6 ~' V8 D8 l; ]% z: b: k- D
“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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2 m* m4 g6 C7 q4 o% C. d7 N; XWhile 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. 5 E4 d. I( L9 g. T) S
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。! U/ ] d' ` }, Z
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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. 2 A. P. S% V# e' v, x
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.
9 u v, R4 ]2 p7 _6 `5 ~& K* i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. Z3 G6 Q+ a3 a9 gThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. $ j- T/ \8 t2 e
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划" [5 Q8 h- q* U6 M' a
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. # i g$ C5 F+ U+ N7 @
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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# Q$ y+ r' p% y2 |6 x7 }"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
N8 S0 Q6 k+ Y9 t# }- W“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。“4 C% {0 ^8 i8 U" ]: p. H5 O
$ v2 A2 S- b N$ b2 NAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 1 b! z7 E1 B+ J9 t% d
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。3 ]" M1 I( Z9 S" I8 _
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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." 1 X4 g- v- t$ U0 f6 H" o. V+ w; O
“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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- ~+ w# A9 O0 K1 |% |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."
1 ^% O* Z3 t6 j) O3 M6 H5 @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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