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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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Y. ?/ B/ ]7 Y作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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0 V* U* V. o* N# M+ e* oAlbertans 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 Z% O! ?: x! S8 h
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. 9 L, Z# {; @( B$ j
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/ {- k, }- ^+ ?7 T- }
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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." ! |: ~8 q4 K& z7 [
“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。”2 h: W- Q$ G0 Z! N* U9 M$ n
2 A; |- j$ w" p2 S3 d! |% Q0 [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. 7 S! v% Y) T- v9 q
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 x/ J5 P; J( l" G
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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. + U9 C& C& n1 f
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。, o3 q* i8 x6 ~
: H2 x+ z- y) v8 |. b/ LIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 7 p) X7 ?! r5 U/ I
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。; l1 i# j9 D+ C; T# x% P& }
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. . [# C8 N( }9 Y# O2 U0 P
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划/ X/ q$ a. W$ v* B; X: L
- q0 n6 E2 P8 A. J, T+ bLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! s [+ [2 J1 r6 C& g8 m: I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.
# y0 S) C4 [# {5 r+ {- \* n“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.
' w' E! u8 t4 r* t/ a% j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."
( c$ Z) S& ?' 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。”" L7 M, R8 ` p% q7 `; v8 J: C
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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." 2 h7 K) g' P9 \( ^# Q3 v( \4 v
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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