California's regulator must make an important decision on net metering this month.

这个月，加州的监管者必须就电价扣减这一问题作出重要的决定。

Power prices in Europe have fallen back to levels last seen before the summer.

欧的电价已经回落到夏季之前的水平。

President Sebastian Pinera announced today that he will freeze a hike in electricity rates.

塞巴斯蒂安·皮涅拉总统今天宣布，他将冻结调电价。

It also delayed cuts to subsidized bread and planned electricity price increases.

埃及政府还推迟了削减面包补调电价的计划。

Overall power prices are roughly twice what they were in mid-2021.

电价总体来说大约是2021年年中的两倍。

Europe's markets face sky-high prices for electricity, as the result of a war.

由于一场战争，欧市场面临着天价电价。

Some use washing machines that run only when energy is cheap.

有的居民只有在电价便宜时才会用洗衣机。

Nigeria does not set electricity prices that are high enough to recover the cost of generation.

尼日利有设定足够高的电价来收回发电成本。

Several retail electricity providers are likely to go bankrupt, after being hit with surging wholesale power prices.

在受到批发电价飙升的冲击后，几家零售电力供应商可能会破产。

Critics also question a part of the contract that provides for a fixed electricity rate for 35 years.

评论家还对合同中提到的35年固定电价的内容提出质疑。

Net metering is just the pointy edge of the wedge, says Adam Browning of Vote Solar, an advocacy group.

电价扣减仅仅只是楔子最尖锐的部分（电价扣减只是利用太阳能问题中最尖锐的问题，还有其他的问题）拥护太阳能的 Adam Browning 如是说。

Last month Ofgem, the energy regulator, said it was mulling reforms that could enable rates to change every half-hour.

个月，作为能源调节者的天然气电力市场办公室表示，正在考虑这样一些改革——这可以让电价在每半小时内变化。

Boosters say dynamic pricing can hold down bills and help save the planet.

支持者们表示动态电价可以降低账单，并有益于节约地球资源。

But his life has centered on gas and electricity prices rather than his vegetables - bell peppers and cucumbers.

但他的关注点一直在天然气价格电价，而不是在他种植的蔬菜——甜椒黄瓜。

Homeowners can then buy the panel's generated electricity at a fixed rate that's generally lower than the local utility's price.

然后屋主就可以以通常低于当地电价的固定价格购入太阳能板产生的电力。

Some aluminum factories, where machines separate metal from ore, have cut production or closed because electricity prices are so high.

一些铝厂，那里的机器将金属从矿石中分离出来，由于电价过高，已经削减了产量或关闭了。

So as energy prices go up, electricity prices go up as well.

所以随着能源价格涨，电价也会涨。

Or those new plants could be built in places with cheap electricity.

或者这些新工厂可以建在电价低廉的地方。

And he warns that higher electric rates could push industrial operations overseas.

他警告说，更高的电价可能会将工业运营推向海外。

Low electricity prices make for cheaper number crunching, which is energy intensive.

低廉的电价使得数据处理成本更低，而数据处理是非常耗能的。