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Deregulated power could inflate prices
' f* E) M! Y$ vWarning from consumer advocate group
m" w5 c/ {4 G4 m1 L, L7 U! g% WBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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5 n& \: o1 }4 e& x/ `+ y6 W$ uAlbertans 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. % P7 [. Z. w6 T% J* h5 n
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。. n! s7 W/ h* |/ }. C
( f8 ]2 c: ?$ l% ^1 _% h4 JJim 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.
- ?, w8 r2 K: v5 e0 |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5 @# D2 z# }8 X( S! T/ o) M
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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 e) y: S2 M2 `+ [/ T
“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。”, f2 _) {7 [3 D, u* B/ M7 `: ?
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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. # g- S- j+ c& P4 I
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。% p$ @5 Q- R: Z% u
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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.
v/ d) f( {0 c0 B& ~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。" O" {5 G% M& A9 Q" h4 i5 k& Q1 y2 V
. T9 f! i1 w8 l9 [! s3 P: a! ^9 zIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
/ w2 ?2 D8 U1 @' p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。3 j0 K. O5 I* m u# Q* p
A+ L% O }( M1 u2 WThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
* p( l; w" h' A, w" ^* _) ?4 h省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划4 {- B0 X. r) [; n# v. G. ^$ s
) E& m5 n7 m3 O; LLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* ^8 a+ y1 u7 ~& v+ x) d( 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.
% p+ S P1 P! W/ l1 f“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. " B1 I. L2 M& O$ D; I$ N
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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$ j. _' u, R% w- }+ r/ h"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."
4 j! r p% Y# ]+ }# 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。”% e' S2 Y0 o: s0 i
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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."
$ c7 ?8 F" A$ W$ N0 n) G1 t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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