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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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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. $ g0 F5 y0 F7 x9 r8 ^: h# W! f3 _$ `
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 b2 h! ?6 w2 _+ }0 V; r7 w) w
* ?" y- k5 k$ oJim 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. ( o4 J3 Q1 o/ f6 O
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0 s# {% t% `. [0 J( _" Y
4 `0 p8 v0 y+ B1 f"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."
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* v4 I9 W0 j( }7 TWhile 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.
* L4 F1 X# m3 ^0 ^1 x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。2 U! h" B! Q- S/ E9 G/ v8 C3 \; C N
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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
+ }) h6 x( v: E- z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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6 h$ H5 Y4 e3 n% N% \2 G7 IIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & |- s% `+ z5 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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4 B" n& o; O# _ e WThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
5 W# e5 c/ b# ^' [% Q9 B省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ( {) ]! U3 U `* c+ a6 Z
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. 2 t: ~- {8 q. J7 ?
“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。“% b3 Z; ^! Q* q. k1 t
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ( ~+ D2 O- X% y) A; P
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。; s2 |3 b" G) T
6 B' _) G8 N" \, D"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." 9 q+ t0 i& x' B" ?9 \
“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。”0 r" S3 |1 f+ e, x+ Q
+ p' U8 @9 B z; v* H8 lWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
- b5 d" y' Z: j$ t# 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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