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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN. L; ?5 N* J6 j! f. I/ Y
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告& A0 r, e' X" c7 [
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报( Z4 t$ y" } p0 l' T# }* n
' H# c6 X! {7 z0 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.
' `1 S2 Z1 B+ w+ t( R, T/ E, 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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0 m7 K& O# S9 e3 C$ K' sJim 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. ; p. p8 G! i$ N; H# j$ }4 t
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." 7 n9 Q0 G- {+ @7 }3 t* O' e
“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。”" R9 Q" A m' b3 F4 L' I$ E& m
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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. - H6 E4 X' T1 J4 z) {, ]
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。( e( j/ |& h# s+ L/ W: W# E
% H4 T! O7 H' A$ w6 mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
6 s3 P( c8 [+ K9 t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。* U; N0 b2 b" W t% d$ W# _0 J
+ |1 j, q3 m6 _/ P) N! x" }+ u+ YIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 6 A8 u) C# z* g5 l
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。, W. ^( R! B$ G4 Z- C. H( j
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
$ `9 [( f- u! N/ K5 U' ]省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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: z# N0 \- D. ?4 p" k" s& r; N7 [Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 7 N+ n. y/ ]# p
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。# G( V, W: [8 J( ^" c- t
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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.
( I2 u+ O: k- D, K) C“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.
# h5 k. b g9 K H, r; p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." * ?5 z4 l% P; l1 a$ Y 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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1 `& c: G0 F; C# T/ i! @) BWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
9 l: n- K' i6 A8 R% N; o( M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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