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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 l4 @8 [5 ]$ m4 c2 [+ H
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html( }6 X& B- g H( W" i; Q
放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ o- i7 r. c/ [& @; ^2 w
来自消费者维权组织的警告
2 y# ?+ n% @- y$ S" G作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报6 ?: |! G. o$ i- h8 F: l, m
8 a+ s2 y+ [& D- W6 W! `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.
+ P* ]' J! [: K. D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. 6 _+ A; d9 l6 N! L1 u1 I" |
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." 1 _/ J/ N% y6 o- |3 B/ O
“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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$ P9 L% m. ?8 u$ x: w! _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. 2 g6 Z. _" m3 T& F) _8 |) I
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。
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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.
5 S+ l: X. x. z! D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.
5 I3 t0 E( w m8 d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.
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; V% h7 a- x, p; B- }! @$ sLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , q* B+ _' d+ R3 \
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。7 p: V& C& n! i ~7 f% V# j
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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. - x! w* f8 }9 D1 T
“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。“- I+ C8 A. V* I- `) q' ~! x/ a e) E
% r& P& h; B2 M6 q* T* AAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. " Z3 C: { c4 `& \4 ?" C( ~ e' I _
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." 2 U2 \9 o& l' r* j- B! I
“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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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." * T2 a$ ^8 E- S( e \6 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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