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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- k" X! E( I+ C0 D9 v! o; h
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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.
. L% c) ^! z! h6 q8 t* P8 J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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* _ F: |/ g$ i3 b8 D2 ?( bJim 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.
9 F/ r" }5 T$ M7 ~4 C: Y6 |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." 1 Q3 T( ]. K! y
“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。”, f- X" j. T J; [" ~
; k$ v: ]& f0 P% gWhile 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. - ]7 L: z5 _5 r6 {4 j8 v5 T* z! }
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。" @& t) |6 Y* x6 U$ T. q- x
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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. ! Y9 L6 Z O5 X$ l6 ^) d
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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& E3 m1 |. D. o/ sIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ! ?$ u# t) K, A# 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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`' F1 \* g/ O6 I& g ?* ^! J4 BThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
" N/ r; m/ H) v7 I9 u* D; D省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划" J0 E* h: }' Z# H3 }$ e
( y) o& C% z9 p5 X6 R7 kLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 [& F8 b0 ~+ d( w" J
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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; u6 x' ^9 @$ r$ ^1 O0 ]"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 7 \% a& ] E' H
“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。“: J# h* d3 T' O, ?! L
j' z; [& ~ M: \/ j* nAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. " D! y" G/ u ]: z" I8 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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9 Z* k- a7 |" }7 W( G+ z* M7 p2 l"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" ?2 G7 y. F Y0 ]
“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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7 f5 T5 Z8 N NWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
% L) W& c+ }& v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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