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Deregulated power could inflate prices6 |* `3 h# N2 w2 z" _- g n, F. m7 p; M
Warning from consumer advocate group
" N- A8 D3 A! \4 `2 |# gBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN: N& r' z5 X; o0 J# T% b
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨# K2 A* @( u0 W6 M
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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% {1 Y9 K# Z7 k1 I: K' h3 AAlbertans 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.
) i5 {: p6 _( J, _3 q. s4 H: ~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。, Z0 {" b+ g6 [: j( v
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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.
* ^% ]: D5 u5 `6 H7 P/ p" r8 G/ 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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"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."
" M6 K; _5 R3 n' Z0 B- P“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。”8 @* B$ A |# j4 r
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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. ' R2 ?3 o6 m b) r
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。2 s) n. O, i- R
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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.
! ]4 Z0 H5 o1 S" n5 l1 J2 |( I1 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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6 L' n" m8 m, RIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
- T+ Z, Q* Y, m; E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。1 E, o) q: g5 g
$ e" ~# L& j2 G) h- r' bThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
9 p, H- a3 J% @& f省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划( o2 L/ ^$ G. p6 l- R6 j% P( l% R
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( @, n _6 X" C) W6 M/ A9 w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。 n; L* f+ \; f: V' E! c
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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.
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6 g5 N1 w" u- d1 X& L/ c7 Z2 KAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 7 J7 i/ E8 W% | P4 n
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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9 Y. w0 r. T9 c2 }# O0 O+ S"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 C* R v+ a! V
“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。”& I7 a/ j9 y& B# w$ K; 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." " @) o+ y. K8 T
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 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
