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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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来自消费者维权组织的警告3 P& u Y( X- S7 Q
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报& ~8 @3 A J0 m
! r+ z: t/ \, ~( qAlbertans 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.
" h! Y, e- t6 r2 B# d. a/ ]! 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。3 R" q2 @% e6 ~# ?, d4 U' c
5 Y0 @: r# {# {1 xJim 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 O" |. i- ~6 v: c4 V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% t+ ?9 ~. Y* X# x
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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."
- y8 M9 M$ \ ?+ 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。”
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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' i- W1 y9 x" O8 J- T. _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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. - }% O2 E$ k3 Q& X
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.
# f. r, }" g: B. z7 ~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。
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) V0 Q$ i- u+ G/ p% i/ VThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 6 j8 G2 e: [' U5 z1 t& }' e
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划" {9 q! o3 D! d. t$ h+ J* P, k2 p
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. % h1 r$ x& e& z4 O
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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. % C. Y7 x) E$ c- I6 v
“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。“# b* Z) { W9 U/ f
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 3 P( ~3 {/ |+ \! c2 ^* P
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." ) Z) s1 W6 |/ O- C/ m9 F' {
“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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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." . d% q) ~+ k$ Q7 Z
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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