放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
6 p2 x, j0 |( l2 |2 Qhttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
6 W4 o( x6 F3 N/ f: x& _$ v9 z) [来自消费者维权组织的警告
, G" c2 N1 R; N6 |& T  w作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报
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/ c2 ~( r7 w3 @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.
8 k6 I) x: [5 @- C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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$ y" n5 ^. [* \2 @- cJim 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.
% D) g0 r1 L& {0 V8 a: v; v( f! d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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" e# W/ @% D2 K0 L"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* f: \' b“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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" @- M( |! I( [- t+ B8 q; mWhile 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.
% Z2 R5 y$ [5 K1 J: g5 N% D* ^2 X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。

8 u5 P2 n7 [5 ^. o2 P/ [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
8 [. r, j) F+ i% l$ i3 z, T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。

In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
6 [  ^5 V7 ]- a& n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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3 f3 k; l, ~" @. J+ NThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
8 s( k# T5 M9 A% n  ^, c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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8 C: }  x2 @  U4 W& e* r: {. j"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# ~! {. L! M$ \4 y/ k5 |" t. ~“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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% a, K: i2 C  D, I! jAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
' l# G; x4 B9 k$ _* g1 c8 _: W埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。

7 L/ s( x7 \7 ?8 d, o"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."
+ k9 e* U8 b: h  p) G“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。”

5 D9 E' V/ Y' Z) o+ `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."
' |+ N& p: q; U* ?! v( R( z; z7 U% o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:
# Y+ s5 f; J$ [, a" a1 G4 Q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！