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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN) K9 I0 H$ Z# }1 f% ~
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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
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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. # Z1 Z+ g, H' H7 g+ u
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.
. G- B) W, B5 H. o+ ^1 s3 u& Y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; Z1 p; y. `
“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. : o4 Y/ E1 \: T- h x' v! k
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. 2 [2 j% a$ g! C
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。! B p3 s! ` |+ X: M
8 c2 e& a; O$ f, VIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 Z# X, k5 a5 f
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.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. + o8 m5 L0 O' q% |1 w1 M" s
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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* o2 x$ {& \7 W9 \ B' O"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ) M% ]. [: R' A5 h! Z( G, i
“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 d& F+ t6 i6 n4 ~, H3 t* [Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 1 ^. e# b; O6 O( D" X( \
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。+ B8 U0 F4 i8 @5 J
( v% Y7 A R$ U; w/ Y"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."
" o% v+ F- R9 X* v3 w0 l6 @“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。”$ V0 |9 j% w8 w
' ?* Q) H! k$ l9 C* j1 q9 TWhile 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 E; _) r# l! b3 G6 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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