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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
! r" d& G* o1 D1 m/ h放开市场将使电力价格上涨
: p n- l/ _" S% T6 s$ ]来自消费者维权组织的警告, i# `& |; l8 o: D* ^
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! Z- ~, L! K7 a/ @% V% F" A
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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. + d A8 ]5 f1 X5 d6 h4 W* ?% Q
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。$ f3 g; M' W$ x5 T1 _
$ _: _5 E W8 |7 C$ ~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.
, G. \5 }) b; @* G5 q+ J; E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 ^5 i! K: c“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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) J/ ]5 p& s0 q9 b' D3 S0 z& ? cWhile 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.
# C" J5 l2 C9 W, G1 `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。4 k3 s% Q) `! d8 {* h2 E) q( @( @
* m% z6 T) _4 }9 P ?) H2 o: i5 cIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 1 P- R" N/ x$ J- k& h% d5 l
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。/ Y; v% J! h' l
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. % K6 I& {" J) K0 `1 b3 a7 N
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。! j9 n% ? A) G- P* m; D* d o3 h' o( v
7 A) S8 ?/ F/ rThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
3 t! ~" S8 o+ X3 D" h省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划& u' g4 q: _/ y" U( n* O/ l
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* Q8 ? H$ F/ ?8 i& Q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。3 N, @# g0 x, B2 b* x9 ^
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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. 7 w+ j8 r+ |( e- c4 g
“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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) s+ l* h- u% [! z( g5 EAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. - b/ q, S5 Z' C3 `7 y9 U
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."
0 A5 Z3 g) O! Y+ ]2 [- @9 c/ z“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." 8 T0 K) w6 Z$ \. b. w- b
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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