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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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8 S/ [6 s, y( T; `6 M2 ABy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN" j& g: ~8 x. T2 I* |. j. ?4 p
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨" F+ h- l. f4 b! n! ?
来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 Z6 S# [" l( q7 K, `* }6 _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. 8 U2 Y! Z; p, J+ T) w: \( L
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。! k) B/ {% Q* R& ~/ m
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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. $ k( r! N$ r. b
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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7 y$ m5 U6 I$ j5 T5 N F2 c: ~"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."
. _, ]) ~2 ]/ ^3 P, K1 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。”
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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.
$ f4 e/ v6 T2 `3 k& W T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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6 ~$ v" Q( L# XIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
' [( x% S. m- ?" M3 N7 |4 d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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# u8 z4 a1 q7 J5 N* l( ]In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
y, @; k6 m) ]6 j) @ k' C' @4 H1 ^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.
, |: ~2 K; g4 F8 o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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+ W9 F; F" M: F"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ' h# x2 W% v# q
“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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3 ^7 G6 C% X" ~( _$ N* t, b2 fAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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." - J1 s. ~' b: ~& ^1 E: ]- F
“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。”3 [' y) `7 G3 D* l3 F) H
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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." : i# \/ b/ }1 O9 j
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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