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Deregulated power could inflate prices" a$ [! T6 ?5 p$ i2 C4 ?, |% L2 F$ x
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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/ B7 I* M4 \5 i4 E放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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% y! j- ^5 u- f4 A" Y' t9 d+ h作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ u4 u! W& ^; Q: w
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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.
- O# K8 r1 j7 c) `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。7 R# h0 v. V) i& j( A$ {
; k, ^% Z/ ^! lJim 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. ' v' @: t+ w: W: e. F5 B: 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
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, u9 M: _+ T7 p0 u' M, G" e"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." , F$ @ U' x2 i: f# V
“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。”) c2 [! @) }& @4 i
) ^0 d8 g7 m! @! N7 I XWhile 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. ! {$ }4 @1 ^4 i7 P8 \/ ^& A% m% J
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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+ j2 {6 ^5 K4 f6 cIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " q# v0 e) j& y% h: S/ J) y
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。9 t% E# D o% z( B7 c7 m. h8 K
8 J# X" U9 O& c. b. |5 u3 _/ H2 S; n/ JIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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6 k2 r. E* n5 H s9 DThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ; V$ k) z* q U: J8 ?
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.
( i2 c2 Z1 k+ ^' j, r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. * h9 z0 W! a, W8 o 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。“( g; A- [7 |9 M( l" l
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. / C; @3 Q. J. `' Y/ ]$ L C/ K
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。6 P; n/ } _ t h* f# K
" R0 R6 W1 s6 J h- W7 [* o0 ]# h"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; b7 Y9 i& Q5 y8 i7 U# S5 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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: T- i4 d6 Q- s9 ]% ~+ vWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
5 f& r; I& h" P. R2 F# p, L! G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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