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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨2 i2 x3 M. z3 t M
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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. ! d2 F1 x# V y/ B6 Q/ S+ J }
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. E( B, L8 V0 M2 a: L
4 H2 |2 c! c, l0 ]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. . m% B: K) f; p$ P* T; e
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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( G0 S1 h, t, c$ [0 J9 }"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." * S5 n: S0 Q" @$ i4 Z" }
“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. 1 u" _( t5 [! @
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。+ q$ N! d- E2 u
8 R2 d. e9 d4 Z2 p* @# b7 J! s: iIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 1 H/ w- P+ F* ^
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。& [( F$ J6 H" O. w
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
7 V$ }; @4 M; q# M8 b0 c+ ?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. / |$ ^7 Y3 m: W, s3 \! s7 v! ]5 s
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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) Y. e+ B6 Y a7 f( r+ rLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 Z0 ]# D. W. \
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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# }) `" L2 ]7 K# |“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。“3 g: A0 K5 j, v% V. `! Z
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
* x. z0 b4 q8 M! @, @* ]/ y# B1 a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." / a& }$ R6 W3 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。”2 Z) [( ]( m% S! A
7 }4 W; d i [4 V6 WWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ' Q O) u! Z+ {( f6 n0 I
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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