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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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, i I/ z$ `% x9 Q4 c放开市场将使电力价格上涨
0 D: {( y5 a# p9 H* l来自消费者维权组织的警告) L3 @8 o8 t* C( } l( I# ~ _
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. ! k/ a0 T, K9 r3 }
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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: i. F7 s X/ A- I5 @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.
/ A0 X% B9 @6 {$ v# X8 I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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D2 D$ D: P* H4 X, G* K7 r* h9 l; u"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 `# t5 k7 p/ G“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。”% G! O" N7 H \% f
1 d* m4 i% T9 K3 RWhile 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.
0 p& R* j; ]2 s. Y. v1 m. O0 j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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# o( a; K0 I R( S E, ? B: hIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
! U C5 j: U! x5 ^) e6 H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.
8 Q8 @; A1 M1 u* f b0 B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。9 t6 d: q9 e1 @
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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! F& C* |( U$ P7 u4 O1 U3 n( f5 }& vLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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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.
# U2 h" ~2 z. {* ?“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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0 Z0 K* o7 C6 c( |5 G PAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 8 a y+ `: o5 Y1 f7 N7 F: [
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。4 l2 J _4 N: Z* Z1 r, R% q7 Q
3 i6 v, d: ]2 h% N"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." % F9 B2 _7 D$ a4 `- 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。”6 }4 `0 W( a4 \: W/ A' T
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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."
1 {* T' H( \' S) g ~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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