放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
: \* W1 ?' s4 lWarning from consumer advocate group
! \* t: X) c# {( `$ n# VBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
% N; m) c" g5 L$ k" V6 E来自消费者维权组织的警告
; u/ H( S: X( L作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报
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; U+ E& b: ]$ C) s) n1 `) k! s0 jAlbertans 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.
+ x9 T" n! e: e1 c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。

6 g- E! C/ O8 P9 \9 x* x8 Z2 vJim 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.
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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) {( E& M) n3 i* A! a& l"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."
+ Y7 y5 L+ j) q# ?6 C- a! X“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。”

) H' I" v, l( l+ U6 u1 HWhile 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.
& C+ O  a& e5 y9 j9 b% X' j0 h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。

# n: n& D3 N5 @! K% z& i+ R3 HIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
9 A$ F/ Y2 n, U: \, ]! l2 O& P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。

0 e1 \+ H# I5 b+ X) w9 }/ ^. IIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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。

The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
. e8 V- G! s& K# R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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  \$ G8 c7 m) z"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
* F" }, ^' d3 \$ C9 q“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。“

Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
- q' Y; C" B* A3 p! w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."
“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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. J7 j: O3 o+ r" I  x4 w) b# |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."
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”。

老杨

我生为吃 这名字比较，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？

三思

Originally posted by 老杨 at 2005-10-3 05:47 PM:
我生为吃 这名字比较，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？

2 b& l4 D" B8 _8 h2 x( N: D& a; I: x& v你问我，我问谁啊？

叽里咕噜

呃~ 我觉得crystal ball是否翻译成预见能力贴切些. 另外, MC是Assistant

一尘

三思的翻译有趣！

crazyboy

三思译得好！