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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 y% [8 @* E! s. c3 E# j, z1 A; I
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨* D4 W! [) H7 M$ F
来自消费者维权组织的警告8 X( q- X( t+ i- G6 ]6 U# n
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报 J, V' f3 P& E- m' _: Q5 C' q
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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. 2 l/ {3 U7 Y) F* |% ?
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.
2 G- M0 [+ g7 u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& W) h j! l5 V' a4 [' T
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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." - Q. m* Q( }' m
“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.
) q0 D( V% p' G6 L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。* c: Z- Y+ |+ {- A3 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. 0 |9 w: d% T0 U7 [+ O
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.
, X: b2 a9 n6 S7 d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. + C% N! q- d7 x$ J7 j! l0 @. o
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划6 X5 s u/ S5 _
7 U5 m6 ~8 @3 P3 Z# ULiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. & ~+ y; h2 n$ E/ L2 d
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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$ s& x8 X, [( h/ h* X"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 4 E% W @ C$ n: Y6 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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; R3 T) Y7 r4 Y. PAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
7 @ n& Z* u" P. g3 c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." 0 b& y$ I' g. Z4 ] S
“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。”' G: L/ C4 D% H& f
7 s1 U1 ~; H+ b; UWhile 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 U- Y5 G4 }$ \9 `* o8 i, w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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