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Warning from consumer advocate group; I/ o% ~# i/ t) A
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# ^% M) ^' T3 E, L
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html3 j7 p% c$ I0 V
放开市场将使电力价格上涨' w+ O. U9 b0 o: X) F3 H5 [
来自消费者维权组织的警告5 f& U, t/ z% P% N$ N
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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" X. x, m$ \% W+ N$ j, {+ h% JAlbertans 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.
. z' [) P( M3 U- O# F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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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.
+ X; I2 n) m0 B# D4 f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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"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." - f( v" i+ N3 z: d3 e/ G& E
“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。”! t' L# U( h! [
, q/ e3 d$ D$ Y; M; A: gWhile 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. ) X: | p3 U) z$ 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。& E9 N2 b0 j9 Z" X! g
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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.
+ f3 U* D% R2 I+ y3 [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.
' d3 A) @5 _3 j p5 \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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7 ]4 q( j4 H, T9 G' K) U- o6 b5 N) d. [5 aThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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+ [6 F) G8 ^% WLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 C4 L: V6 Z7 n4 r) F# w& T+ y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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D- Q# `$ e% J- R. [ r E"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. " h. M( i! K) ] b5 A
“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。“' X" e0 ?# F9 y/ p5 v
4 z7 u$ i8 K& {/ K8 ZAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. + L* ?& I. C: H7 D
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." % y% o: T8 E; V. _3 d& m- h& W, Q
“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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- B7 i. R* M5 F$ g% } k2 PWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." & C! d N$ E& Z' e- f7 h; [: g8 S
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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发表于 2005-10-4 22:51
