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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8 R! v# T4 |5 o9 _# [
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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.
) X }" D- I5 a* w; l, g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。
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- I m" |& ~& MJim 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 ~. a7 ~! z* Q9 g, e6 o1 ~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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7 N# ~- x/ R; r"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$ {% Y. p# x8 I4 [2 h“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.
8 [/ u# g2 ]5 ~% o" k6 U5 ?6 q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。3 s# _# O- `- T- z; m
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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.
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( g, J% c& V7 SIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
9 u' Y4 y5 k" A$ A1 u* I' A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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8 ?, q4 ~ T _9 X- A& W7 F; o% OThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
' v, _# C" t! z8 I省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划5 D) S9 Q% r0 \3 W
; {0 q$ e' v7 G) T4 d; ^" qLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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. w8 G& |+ { Z1 L"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# q% @1 @) l# j“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.
* |+ x% I- ?5 `- G0 g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."
# j) L3 t! i; y6 g% r! ^: e) G- \1 n“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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+ O6 S! L8 P: u5 BWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
- d3 l+ u6 p( I- y! v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
