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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨7 w" |, C& H5 r f/ f
来自消费者维权组织的警告
5 s- k( w$ i! n' v) b: p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.
! w7 O1 h# p! b- K g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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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. 6 Q9 _6 l" k7 N/ ^' P N. [5 L) _
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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"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." / | d. B' h {1 C3 j
“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。”5 b( z; P) K/ M2 r- o, W5 Q
9 |' D7 i2 B' R$ EWhile 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. - Y1 O/ u- `& }/ t' {5 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。
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" X# S0 h8 Z2 A) e3 u& [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
) Z5 c+ W; Z4 ~9 x/ Y9 _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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, w1 H5 w3 e2 C1 [# Z# AIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
: ~; w4 E+ V' D i. 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。; Y; l, s" Q+ |9 u. ^2 C) F9 ^+ e0 Y
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
* T* c& {* X5 [省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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7 A: p" n$ r4 k# \Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( p' @/ Y5 Y& _/ c2 X' B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。) J/ ]2 z, H$ W, [) R
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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. . X+ G5 o5 R& L+ U. ~% A- ~
“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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. L+ U; u+ v' K1 j0 J; k2 E: O* N' BAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. , L6 l; e9 O% R* o+ b+ ]; D- t
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。7 q6 I e! c; T* p
+ ~. }+ j! v! B5 ~6 C! X"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." / V4 V, e+ q0 t. L3 w5 @& l1 O4 `$ \! k
“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 [6 l% B$ n9 G3 |
& U+ S* n3 \" KWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
! u2 @6 m; J; j5 x U0 K/ \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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