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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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( u" ]0 q( _8 h" G放开市场将使电力价格上涨' Z J6 B* ], ^) i/ h/ e f
来自消费者维权组织的警告( H; f& i2 Z6 s5 q& \# j L
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报# J7 |% t: [# t! @) o+ V
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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.
( G5 b; n2 K( B* f5 E' N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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1 q8 g$ d8 E) e: X% mJim 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. : a( d, d& M3 |& G! l
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9 P: r. {8 v( k+ P* M# F
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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."
2 \6 [$ L) |5 F& b“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。”5 u' c; g; Y! T
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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.
0 x2 h( m( Z$ A# H3 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。* \2 O E' G3 x7 W0 s. z( J: ?
; H) G/ {6 d% ^$ w- u- }4 pIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
* C# |0 s7 Z5 _1 D g: O# d% T2 S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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. - J7 |8 [7 X) o( U: A6 g
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. / L0 ~+ k* N f. W" N9 j
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.
" N) V5 @' P& Z2 b8 l$ N) c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。" E" J3 T& @$ ?6 q" ~' M$ [" o
6 W5 E3 h) ~& [/ X x) T"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 1 J$ p, ?% |/ n( f
“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。“: l* T! C* W m; e2 a
' \2 o \" g4 j3 hAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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." 4 R4 h2 g' ~. x3 A
“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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! s6 {. {6 i0 `/ wWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 7 X9 s5 n( k2 v Z) y* W6 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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