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Deregulated power could inflate prices
2 k# A' _/ G. I& @0 O0 EWarning from consumer advocate group
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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
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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.
" b- {3 J' i- s! 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。8 m5 J5 W5 Q5 t1 m
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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. & J* I6 g$ K2 ?
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." * p" C( g% e/ t; d/ 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。”: o6 @6 {/ L9 @4 T c4 v" A
; A' I- s8 \, C' ]0 jWhile 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.
; V2 r3 e' Q/ J9 l1 S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.
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
; q/ |0 k7 x& D* P I3 U, u& [& m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。' N( D" w6 g1 u+ ]0 B
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. % h `( N) D# w0 x* E- Z
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划 _* l- O8 Q/ \" Y b9 x4 u
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
3 `7 z0 b% i4 C6 y* {2 \$ |" U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. , S7 r5 W6 E; A( ^$ Z" @
“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. & i: @* z8 y6 G/ n' S
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。' ?2 ~3 ~1 ]' h! P. H5 j6 S
) A$ a& L# i5 ?: x! W"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."
; A, U& d( @) r$ d" y“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。”9 t$ m% h H$ f# n1 {& l
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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."
! u' A1 X! F( l& M( L; p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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