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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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3 V0 H7 T O# P1 e& n6 [By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
- X8 z/ H6 B( z- ^. Ahttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告, j8 _4 j. Q$ A$ U
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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( M- l6 W! V* |1 lAlbertans 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. 0 v( g. v: `$ w8 s# R# ^
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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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. / x7 o# R" ?. w/ F# X( u: s: W
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; ^( o+ Q: i. b0 ~5 K
" [4 \# r, E+ B! A( ?0 V) a7 ?"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." * h, r) A: M' X. Q' T2 G
“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。”" G* Q* y5 f) ^# Y
& R5 q* ]) J' u! c/ m4 qWhile 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 Q/ c4 h6 P, E7 y q2 o y: C
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。7 O4 B. Q2 {0 m
' ^9 }3 }* n5 f7 ~If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
( {5 L7 N; F2 ~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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* h% M& I7 F8 F; OIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 1 w! p) {: h! s% @' m) }
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. % s: d( D k) z/ }
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.
& q3 h6 s* A9 Y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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& d7 _9 h5 I, }' c3 R"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. # V7 C- i% R! c l( L+ A1 M; d7 d8 S+ U
“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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' C) ? p$ ^4 q0 ^, V. vAlberta 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."
& ~: I- |5 p% P4 u" D0 e“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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3 j! M9 M) y$ J$ G3 F8 _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." ' B3 T3 Q6 S& i0 c' ?' N
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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