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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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6 v1 d! H7 m! o* W2 a; W. p6 ^! t放开市场将使电力价格上涨
5 o; I/ K3 d. r: c来自消费者维权组织的警告& k/ `* g7 W$ u6 W' ?9 j
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报0 t8 P6 j2 b/ w
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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. * J# w, B6 m3 S
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.
0 L$ w# s9 k, T! \3 }* K; E# z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."
5 M( w+ a/ C" M" q7 g2 _/ {“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。”
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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.
) _) _4 c" H+ z7 F- Q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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: t4 p7 {/ x4 eIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 0 b) Y% n, I, K( S; C
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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" p' X# P4 ~* H2 F% rIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
4 Y! G5 ~- k$ {) @: ^; Q- E3 d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.
* E7 Y: H1 b. \1 i* n% T省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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3 n# i. d& R9 t+ _Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 E- {! V8 X C3 X0 R7 C3 U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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" |4 r' c8 q% y* j"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. & c1 k: h3 p+ N% I
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 4 l* U+ q- A- q7 G& I5 v, l, s; ~
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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"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." * h2 t$ S* }4 x: h. {; M ?
“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。”( J: P$ F5 }+ }4 W5 u7 M
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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."
& r) {2 n1 }. s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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