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Deregulated power could inflate prices) m& C3 p; I2 o! M, o2 i# W
Warning from consumer advocate group
2 K( E0 a5 q/ S0 n HBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN) f% r* j4 z, Z' |; t
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
# [; q' R6 A9 x4 K/ B放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者:麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ `, S: |8 ^6 L" p
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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.
, v8 H: A s. O! U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. * r, f" ] K* L1 ?) K# N
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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/ f; U1 `0 i2 m3 f"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." . q+ m% p8 @1 N7 K# X- ^' f
“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。”- |& m( B8 K! `% L
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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.
0 X, L# @: y! n+ a2 W' ?2 Q5 B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 M4 t% t: o; q9 n9 N# ]$ R* n
; |0 h4 Z( r- |: SIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
) w# v8 }, h- \9 j9 c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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. R4 W( f0 A% F8 ]$ i7 CIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & Z# C. W& k/ X$ k7 `, G' w* N9 L
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。8 L. v. p, L4 a. U3 `; M
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. $ ^& j3 Z6 C' Y* v5 W
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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( _' o: r1 p) [. `0 @2 ?- f5 ZLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 5 o; Q! f9 X( k3 X, S7 p; ~8 D
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. ' G7 z* O5 g P. A6 ^5 E8 i
“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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3 I+ q0 S+ X/ @% zAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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- @2 c4 T6 B/ q% F4 b) |& m"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." / {; ], E* O# J1 t1 X2 m
“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 X9 S; D3 K+ [6 x/ d( h4 o! IWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." ; o1 P4 d' D1 D4 F3 }
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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