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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, z5 A `* {! W+ u/ d3 s
来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 M: C" x/ Z# p$ q0 e$ A作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报: J& V3 T% L! ]7 T, {
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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.
6 L+ s1 I1 X2 C" Z+ ?) e; A: W& P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。1 X$ j. I8 J2 {2 M7 l# H& _, w8 q
, N4 _) s9 e& J4 M9 nJim 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. w2 S* y0 H7 B- O
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."
3 p) G, N2 c# a1 f' O. G. c, l9 K“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。” D* {6 d! `6 R' E* \
/ @1 L8 V2 _* Y8 a8 {& _2 |# ?; 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. " d2 Q; q9 l, N
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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6 B7 e- T' y; b4 ~8 AIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
6 x% L0 Q/ E! w1 d- Y. f% H4 d' L1 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。4 ~& Q+ P$ L/ d
' ?$ `' D! R! |1 gIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! C7 V; d0 i4 O) l# E7 Q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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2 k. ~6 I7 V0 r$ s, K# O' v VThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 M0 M, y5 [7 T2 h! w4 W
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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$ I8 f1 M% ^3 b; iLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 2 [) K! ` ^( o# K7 o! g
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.
6 _8 ^$ h4 T! b“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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" F& p9 c( \+ O% V2 tAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 2 W# k, Z) c. o; l- {4 _" b
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。3 Y3 f: g1 ?( j1 ^5 f
3 g9 v0 n3 h6 `4 w"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." & H4 Q- a! F$ W& [
“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。”/ g4 d, s) ^' M4 ]9 V8 b
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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." ) u) R2 e3 x' l: J/ Q
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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