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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN% u3 P. v: [/ i1 Q
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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! U4 C+ [) z9 Y! E来自消费者维权组织的警告
1 F |3 e" N1 p5 D5 ~作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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( F3 }& I @' K5 Z; oAlbertans 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. # u2 f- k! V& m5 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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# D X; k: K& {& T* |* Y$ f3 yJim 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. / z2 a! m A( m. F4 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." " e( j2 K. w4 J( V) Z# _; q6 C$ E0 n0 ^. X
“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。”2 m8 n+ m) O+ o9 \1 E/ u2 n" A) C
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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. + I3 c. M4 S T5 y' e9 |% k9 W' S2 Z* o
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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3 |' I# U! \7 a8 ` m) d. pIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
9 {9 V( f& ^% c) Z/ 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。9 U9 f+ c- r6 E: g/ p
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 d, y7 h8 T0 O" A
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。$ x& m- z7 X4 t# `. Y+ Y" a0 y
& A' F+ E+ |6 e$ t$ oThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. |8 R, _' u. B- {' b9 ?- e
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.
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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. 3 k6 p, [( E( e: U5 W2 ]
“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。“% P# M; m" p; h- b" s9 s2 H8 @& a
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
1 r2 h4 N& U6 y* |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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! Q/ f6 {7 P8 i1 |' o4 A"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." 0 E; f2 x! a5 F8 M" Y0 b) 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。”
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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."
* E0 D, X V, d$ V; L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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