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Deregulated power could inflate prices' y1 G# C1 O$ k$ _/ c! e' f
Warning from consumer advocate group$ i" o: f( `$ ]. n: z
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
6 ^* W/ Q! [) B来自消费者维权组织的警告9 {- J& ^4 C4 W0 M6 B! E' v) l6 Z
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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) K, p( C6 k; k0 }$ L eAlbertans 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. 4 g: h( L2 c; X
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。( W6 m2 D5 C; Y) k0 @! N- N; W
) ^* K; f: M+ g& w$ eJim 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.
9 N1 k7 K1 {4 S' G7 c) i1 k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." 1 O5 Z. O$ j8 d. i- B
“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。”$ E3 k) t2 u" k! f/ I1 w& c- s5 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.
" ?. A% r" k: D( U3 D! Z. U! ?. U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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0 B! e5 \& Q5 ~/ u- tIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
. t l) r# @! z4 G& D- G6 V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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 8 e* ]8 [6 H8 }8 x: N
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。$ U# u! _! `" c; X# ~& d) }. S: G
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. + |! _% r% o9 ]# x- f% E
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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r+ O* U7 N( S& z' a; I9 n. QLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ! m# w1 L; P, f
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。3 a5 }+ ^9 q7 H' _1 d, r
9 S' e* ~, e5 e, y+ `6 V- A"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 t. t. [3 Q- y# y/ `! 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。“& f; j9 {, a7 M9 B. x: n5 [$ ]
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. & c* v$ P- k: e- B) X- a! G) u
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." # b6 R& v$ @) x% n9 t/ {
“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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+ g% O( _. p" I' ~- VWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
, @ e% z8 g: g+ y# g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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