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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" T, D% W- n# P& t; ]! N- Z0 h' {
来自消费者维权组织的警告/ m9 ]5 I, A; O. Z( s
作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报 w! `7 @& q. `8 k# }$ a
% F% }3 T3 }7 _$ I7 m2 D2 b$ U. q; 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. - e5 w. F( k. E
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。- L1 W5 f6 o+ Q% m
$ Q' i6 k, S. _/ ^# x! N% E7 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.
" g# |9 M1 {! q0 s5 S1 \* B- |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." % W6 P$ W: e5 V) k" C' {
“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。”
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; m0 L1 ?9 n3 x0 I' [0 NWhile 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. + e2 m5 c: M: l6 u' \0 M
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。1 x: U) N/ S( O# B' h, o
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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. + v5 `% F2 T# Q' R' q
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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% K& d2 j8 r# g4 ?4 EIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
6 u2 f1 D0 ]# Z, o. F, W5 Y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/ w! R& j i* f- H% x
: [# c7 ^ G2 n; v d NThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
1 r9 E" V, L4 W9 }2 C: D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. : f$ q9 B9 ] z* w9 X q
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。5 F1 }9 a' |' P. P
7 c; `) q3 O: N8 T7 ^6 W"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. . u1 n- w( x9 q" A: r5 D9 H
“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。“$ C, `9 e' B% o7 Z/ o
: E1 |! x; S4 k1 z% |7 \5 n2 W4 GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 y" W+ a g6 c% ]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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7 L7 ^+ h- E4 J- D. E# T7 l"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."
+ w" l/ n0 O, `8 Q' Y) [+ L“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。”" o7 P2 y8 O+ R0 G! r0 p
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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." " p0 X0 R, ]0 E t( Z
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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