放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
Warning from consumer advocate group
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
来自消费者维权组织的警告
作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报

9 E/ W4 }. l! nAlbertans 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.
' {& q+ j1 L3 y. W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.
0 l( j; K* P! [3 \7 s  \" _  r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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1 Z, l# D2 J! a* l5 n"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# r3 [  z% \“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。”

0 K+ P. T2 K! q4 S' U! bWhile 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.
% Z+ J( n7 u& r) n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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9 J: r3 c" O! t, w+ j9 c* bIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
4 \8 ]' H2 a# {" e8 H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.
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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) D) G. d/ Z0 v# e' |The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
. Z( E( Y% T+ U( T省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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.
4 g/ y* q2 j- k5 t) ^; x“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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' `, [( g* q4 |  ~; P/ J3 DAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
. i. i( \* Q4 F/ {* [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."
0 H4 t/ W: q/ b3 e“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。”

9 U7 e! K# }/ p  UWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
1 I: z2 M2 |) y" ?4 o3 z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？

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Originally posted by 老杨 at 2005-10-3 05:47 PM:
; a( K# }: K5 S) J7 y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？

8 K5 V1 h; j& r) \: v+ c2 u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！