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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 W# f$ h$ w6 ]* b" MWarning from consumer advocate group
& N: w2 N7 S, i! b* GBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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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
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' N- |: }- `6 t. y vAlbertans 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.
- K3 l$ I0 | v+ \* {) k8 I1 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。
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$ w4 ?, H( |" M: SJim 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. ; q3 L+ L7 A' 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
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2 F- A! v4 t. e0 o+ z"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."
8 O1 G1 p6 X, M1 r, x“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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+ m% w5 g/ j; D$ b4 fWhile 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. / M% q7 {: O# T% J. l' 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。) P1 s& F) r+ o, n% F" b) ]
! r7 ^% ? g, |If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 _/ v& P- l9 \, m5 N0 X3 x% 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。% [3 ]% r8 X+ I( T; }- O# z& \2 f7 n% J
f: y- P/ x" p vIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. # z- [# x! ]2 q: @
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. ! x [6 v6 C/ [; S: ^+ k
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划! V p6 k* p2 ]: [* b* {6 p
) M- t2 n8 h% q" l% x3 kLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 @7 |- i/ c [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.
7 R3 S% o5 `1 [- f7 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 [ Z* ] P/ H: C: N! U* zAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
$ q' w6 E0 D$ f2 A. O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." 6 Q A* S) l4 e+ r W, `) w3 e: O
“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 q9 N# y! v( o2 U( M- `' C7 Y
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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." . |/ m7 ^: u) e( R
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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