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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN! L: q8 G: C& v- x! [
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨8 }2 ^8 f' w3 P h) P& P% `) `, F
来自消费者维权组织的警告0 Q* U( z! R' R
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, G7 c$ t0 T l- n* B1 h
1 [6 E$ D1 L; z) _2 T- ^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.
- _3 B, S) i8 i& B$ V; 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。: X/ \. O% k2 j* G
! r* G! ~9 O) l$ `8 Z: n7 ?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. # k5 E$ b7 G9 @& T$ s/ i: R
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 i- ?1 Q: e3 B% `9 V# a* d
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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." % M6 e2 l5 ]& z% A2 R+ X( u: {% h5 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. & N( i0 P+ E; s P. F* \: W7 m" O
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。9 W; G( D6 K3 o0 b% ^" N
/ {+ v$ {2 R: v: \( f. Y! ~If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. % y: r6 {. w; P' Q" Y
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。" N& D7 X: x* M* ?( Q
4 Q. V3 [# E2 q LIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
+ |, F3 _& \/ |' _" l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.
$ q# L9 J: o6 q0 a5 c0 q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划) I9 }9 N5 q3 s, }& `/ X) _( k
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 9 _" R. G3 i& W# k: V+ y
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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( n' _4 r, I+ u9 f3 I* m5 V# t"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 @" V9 {: C% S. d/ V“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ B7 l( g) ? m; f
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。8 ]$ E* p+ N0 U7 I2 J8 o
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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."
: T3 U5 J+ K6 G/ _- @( t0 i1 |“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。”1 z! c7 K) A6 I4 M) e+ K/ d/ i
- B5 L/ D5 W1 w3 q; `4 B2 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."
2 n. `' I5 i. n- t' ]2 X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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