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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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# J& `; h8 o& C4 d* d4 mBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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9 Y; a/ \' [, m1 r放开市场将使电力价格上涨$ {1 L" n) U! W4 P: @" [1 v
来自消费者维权组织的警告, K9 }. `$ G" r6 a# f
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.
X7 f& b$ A3 m3 }- K* \) S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。
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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. ) Q4 Q, c1 Q( t: Y( @' 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." . c, J( s5 h& M% b5 L$ q; p3 H( X
“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。”( T' J- b: z7 b5 R
5 F! C+ U* J. h% Q k0 ~6 O' e$ eWhile 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.
2 O8 `* r, \& f6 l" 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。8 V" c& X2 R! v; Q+ r6 f
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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. ; u, {3 U4 |# b/ B. s% y5 @$ Y! 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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/ k/ y* ^% G; E' tIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
5 u- T; z: H j) Q1 K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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! @( A# L& a$ iThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. $ Z1 y: Q5 I ]% G) S( O; u- F' _
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.
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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.
9 Y: U9 t& ~" c" Y' c- Z% g“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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) `- b) i. m k5 j# U( ?Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 2 ?8 k! Y5 X1 g5 [6 J2 s- t
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." 5 |2 T! [( @1 E" a* E& T
“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。”' I! ^. g# ]% ~ z; Q- T
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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." 6 v! u8 L; b7 v _
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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