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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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b% |) I% a4 h; v放开市场将使电力价格上涨8 O* W& W$ I- h% H2 K% N0 S
来自消费者维权组织的警告
) _* b; t7 T: i作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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& e0 h7 v7 B" }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. 0 F+ e8 } M0 Y# i
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。) D B8 z. j% I8 d7 N" u5 n
0 V1 @- ~3 n9 j# 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.
9 L0 |1 o6 |; [6 e2 l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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S, Z5 m( |9 G"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." 8 o$ a, R: C/ \6 R, \" p
“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。”% X/ {3 ~( F7 g3 m. m
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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.
' F) z+ v$ C/ M9 a/ c! T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。5 T$ X) h) H1 ]0 s/ N. j3 G
$ g }: e9 v( o* d* SIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 I% L1 F3 _" A2 T% |* ^
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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, T2 U& H0 a0 ?In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
8 Y" I" _* M a+ B2 m2 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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- I( |8 W& @$ @- CThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
! m1 @' e1 A, ~省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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e! b% h2 y4 JLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 n6 N8 B1 G; @" f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。' `9 D9 F% H! W. w& g$ J0 Q& M( b
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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.
( ?: G V4 g- o0 R' \% L/ 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。“
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8 T* `: J9 w/ n& J% p. ^( P' O) rAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
2 \8 p O# B. i! X2 S, ~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."
4 T& v7 r: @2 r( K% j& \9 Y1 f“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 r9 Z- B8 k) S4 I6 IWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
9 [4 o, y7 Q, ?8 q( \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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