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Deregulated power could inflate prices( T) {2 w8 }, ]" P
Warning from consumer advocate group7 g. _/ r, T5 C7 z) v5 _( K# B4 ~4 R$ x9 ]
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ L4 _! ?7 j3 Y7 Y. ~来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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.
& u6 a; K4 K. [. L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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) C8 Q7 p' ^) _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. + p- T4 A( q3 U( K5 \8 a
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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8 c1 f% k5 b1 G6 a$ J, 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." / Y, Z7 S2 t$ Q$ \* D* R
“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。”8 p5 }- y7 p) P
' F) G8 Y. ~: c5 wWhile 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.
( E- x2 D2 Q; ]& o2 h. J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 {* j: q7 h5 L& j: WIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. * E4 |' Y; y& x q2 L# K3 f
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。- U k" ~: U7 I' C j% H
! ^4 B* u4 p0 p+ _( @In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! D1 s8 S) b" R* C% z7 W9 S3 d; M0 V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。' m! j0 l! }5 f$ H
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 3 H5 j" P6 v1 [5 Q# L6 q
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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/ l* ^9 v# c# X# C% rLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
. m9 }; |/ T& F* B; e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。1 A( ~4 }: g/ F
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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. % i8 E9 [- _8 a1 z6 [
“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. ! h: V9 u. Z2 k+ c5 y( K
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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) E( S; L% F! P( W# g"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." * ~* i9 Q' o2 f" A( z. p! T' U/ c
“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." 9 g0 L( f3 w6 Q Y/ w1 ]' \
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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