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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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: l5 z+ \" |0 q8 `0 X0 FBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN" [$ I; o# S5 U( N: J$ ]
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
) B$ Y' ]' n- E8 ~放开市场将使电力价格上涨" D- M1 r4 i1 p& h1 _- X
来自消费者维权组织的警告2 G, l* V+ g3 N4 p
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报) S$ c: S( j7 _0 u% g, V: }
+ C- t) ]0 {. p0 E7 c/ T& nAlbertans 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. 6 B$ O/ p- L) o1 Q; \( ^/ i
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. * l7 h0 y; x$ B! R6 v; H
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 l8 I) [3 }% ]) t" c" a, L+ 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。”3 ^9 w5 I; K1 N8 y: a! F9 v b
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While 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. " t% Y0 t4 P9 l+ X* t7 O/ I: Y
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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 3 P e- x2 ^* ]- ^; \6 j
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.
- G2 R* S0 |8 A5 t% t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. , v0 J* q; H4 H3 S" D4 w
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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7 |; k/ B1 Q& k7 d1 E4 |& LLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
3 ~1 m3 j( k! l3 k+ n4 S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.
4 k k; a6 l# U" T“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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! M8 v6 [4 I' i$ `* ZAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
: {0 J$ g+ x7 t8 j/ F+ T. {9 w; L; @埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。. c) P" Z! L, U# _
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"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." % Y9 @5 B6 ?2 g2 ^
“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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2 p( K7 s4 z- `/ OWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." " U% E. V( [- f; ?; H
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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