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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN) B# T4 i; F$ w% k: L i" Z) n6 N
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
6 o% s: p+ S2 O# h+ V作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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Q( t/ V9 y; R; X: u& w+ nAlbertans 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. . y- r" N1 i% @5 E$ h: E4 W; 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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) g8 t# P/ T7 f/ y. d1 yJim 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. ) L" f" y, M; u! g
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# p- N- h# u. L# t8 B
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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." 3 F ]" e0 p9 h9 w. 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。”+ w, n3 L. {0 c& C/ V' G
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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. & d3 F1 q" R8 v3 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.
" M/ z/ } _0 {7 ^6 x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。* \# e5 O# L5 W( S+ W! X8 @8 m, J
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 0 a i/ ?& b2 a) z( e( C. I4 r
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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: K+ L O4 k) Y' j) kThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. " J; L3 q% a! |* h
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划# \9 A3 c3 v4 T$ U& Z
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
: k# t, j( T& T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.
/ b, p9 P' T# V5 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。“8 Q2 ~# W6 B8 q
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 3 {& K! x; X, U K5 H/ Y- t
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。; O3 o- w5 @. O1 X. F1 Z* q
' T2 u5 Q- |. u0 s* _! N) `"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 @/ ?! j5 S5 h8 V( n
“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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8 O0 T, o+ ]5 U" X+ b4 q) z5 H" p1 |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." ) g/ ? ~7 J7 J% S+ ]7 ^6 |
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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