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Warning from consumer advocate group
5 P* @8 c1 P! ?1 T2 MBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN( E; S e# }$ o. F1 J0 w
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨5 W. I/ P; A8 D! C }
来自消费者维权组织的警告* g/ C* m+ I) v8 p8 M6 {. Y
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报; J' ~6 v0 ]+ y! J; T! z" p4 v/ E
, K4 f& i3 C, _7 \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.
}: M& X0 C- 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。3 f0 n* M9 S& d W' ~2 w
+ I5 U6 O& g5 k" F: v+ t& ~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. 4 {9 `0 w/ |8 ^, C6 x* f+ B
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6 \" u" T% g1 m: x# M9 k1 h
1 K8 ]7 }& v6 n% o, @3 M"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."
7 M; E" q$ A2 C+ D( `3 z“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。”4 C2 x9 {! M) ^# ^3 [, `
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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.
% h* K2 s0 N8 x$ ]4 {: ^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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' `' a# W/ {# T* u/ XIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " ]+ N6 a" r9 w
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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! K$ G, b/ H8 |4 f- _' RIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
" v% s0 W9 \% [* e. m) Q# H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。0 D& v# ]7 i$ z0 m% A# c8 p% N
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
Y; L$ c7 m6 S z省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划* j, \3 v. g! o7 c. `2 x; E3 I1 l
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
& [% i4 ~7 X7 e8 ?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。* d) i+ x6 `# Z5 L# @# Q
0 \ F& O$ p q" Y"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. : C5 j |) E7 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 4 v/ F- w# P0 V1 j+ ^
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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"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."
" {/ Q9 U5 Z! j0 l% v4 u* ?* u“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。”# M! r9 L1 t# d) n2 u5 }6 ?8 v
, U; T8 G; ]1 SWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
/ B6 a% q' i+ v0 a9 W( B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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发表于 2005-10-3 12:32
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发表于 2005-10-3 16:47
，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？
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发表于 2005-10-4 22:51
