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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN2 k: w K. d5 C; _
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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1 W5 m' c" S2 @- b# Z& E% B4 [% M/ z- p
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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. 6 n2 h1 @) P% r# Z! \
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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+ Y3 o! B3 u( N4 ZJim 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.
8 `# O+ Q6 j0 z# m( [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." + w" U6 i4 H# E/ |( v$ L3 q
“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。”1 `+ Q* a$ o/ a5 Y, m0 B
; p; @# _0 O; S3 DWhile 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.
+ h- H9 v: ]0 Q9 l; J) R" 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。3 H6 Z% N5 b- e7 k, C
6 l( t7 S& q) f& ^1 v& J6 w [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! X. [' Z0 w9 H# l( J
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。, z) u+ h2 ^, I4 w+ x# d! U
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 3 B* ~8 o& C+ v" O8 y
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. 1 Q) `' f2 `( t |2 m9 {
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. 0 c! C$ Z, |/ n* u, t
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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( Q0 d6 b0 X- h+ u- w0 W& b4 A4 j"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# L$ z0 B2 g& {6 A, B4 w' f2 w+ ?“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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c) f0 N# A4 V$ rAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 {+ p" t) h5 ~9 c3 j9 Y5 s& b1 n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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- ? V6 {- R: q# {"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." 6 J2 s* @# d/ q% m
“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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% _' K% ?1 T: U4 YWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% H! w, D- G" d* r5 u, }9 t& K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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