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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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; C8 l8 ^! g2 L3 _- lBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨" I3 ?% {9 s" I# |' n* C
来自消费者维权组织的警告! ^! ^: h: w8 f# k8 b) |
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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1 I" W. t. x' O7 ]! ]9 QAlbertans 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. : K _8 m2 q1 x7 A
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。9 H" s$ e* K3 D2 \4 A
8 u: y8 u1 A; C' a a uJim 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. 5 Y1 c+ l5 J( U) J( E( F' 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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" Z: ^1 T) h9 s/ m5 D# g; A"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." ' O+ E2 H; n) |6 y9 ^: B( x; @4 f
“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. z, m: {& P D7 f% l {0 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。
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2 ]$ v/ n" Y# \3 P, S* \If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
$ o' G; Q: F8 G% ~0 C# P. q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. ) s- V9 U, [- P3 r! ]
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. 8 q2 v4 ^3 K* _
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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) S# V T+ d- O; w( `; \( SLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ' ?) ^& [; a$ [! p- { |! N; E
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。6 y# ]: n# C% [+ F. A
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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. + T" B( K+ d4 A/ 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。“: [8 ^+ i8 l$ y% ?
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
! u# f9 h' V6 z& ~埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。; A! y4 b0 a" q" ], a
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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."
; \$ D2 ^* X o1 q/ f) r5 J6 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。”
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5 C5 Y. a# r4 c6 ^; N% _0 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."
) H' k6 l7 c. `1 L3 P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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