放开市场将使电力价格上涨

三思

Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
' A6 f0 o* o9 a来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 Q- F& @1 P) \. C$ x9 x$ \作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报
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& Y7 C* w8 G1 ^7 ^. ]5 KAlbertans 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.
7 `7 `+ N9 \$ g. H" k- i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。

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.
9 M+ W" l  D. 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

9 w: z) O1 F" K  M  q% h' Z"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."
& L* C. k. N* k! U“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。”

" D6 t, k) _, C2 Y9 ^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.
  b! H1 [8 ]% i2 R# [1 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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/ d) P; E; S- D% h, e* oIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
( r9 w: D2 H+ w/ ?* X4 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.
/ U5 |: [- K8 @1 C- a+ m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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
9 D/ M! ~9 N; |省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划

# ^: G3 o) T# Z- q: `# f% aLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 H+ d$ [2 X+ Y7 T" m/ a; ^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.
% F- L: f! R7 F5 [“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。“

3 w# }2 Q9 U( L, T8 F* n, e8 D0 fAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
0 R4 _7 d! I1 Y' [% r埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。

$ p/ d" ]; |6 ?+ u# W2 \+ m, ?0 x"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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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."
7 F8 s6 {. ?* ~: J3 W' `" U+ R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？

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！