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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN. q# X4 S1 i' p
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html3 E, |5 s0 x4 Y
放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ f8 W) U% V& | U) s, @7 v
来自消费者维权组织的警告0 _9 r% a& F% ]! { v+ H4 T3 ]2 g
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 j2 \8 h9 V2 _+ p& B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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% m7 R. U! I# J0 _* |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. A2 d& s5 v) L1 A( 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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) G- B: F* m& [9 K4 r3 q"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." : J" `; R0 X/ @ \# L1 k/ ^
“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。”- l y7 E2 p' }7 c+ J1 R1 l0 R
2 W, p$ @" k8 P4 o4 sWhile 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.
+ B$ Z2 \- D( c6 Q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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+ E/ B- r5 j; W+ F# b# N5 dIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. / b: r q5 O r3 ^7 j; f4 r5 m6 v
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。0 r4 r& P- p1 L8 ^- [
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ! n: R' t$ V- G- W5 e& d) X
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.
. z6 y) ~/ {7 R' o# z省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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/ I* D% R% Q5 p- [Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 T: {3 s1 m Q6 l
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. 5 \. Y5 R' n) t _7 c# u( \
“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。“1 [, ?( ^1 }% b3 v( s6 j$ Y
9 N" J! l4 W9 v Y9 ~; u! B% P* hAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' a4 t1 [4 v9 T
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。, j U) p% o0 ~, t7 l5 l2 g2 X# K9 T
" u( k+ v p/ h"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." + F, r3 z9 p3 e: W
“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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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."
0 Z! E; \4 a h+ `0 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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