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Deregulated power could inflate prices
9 [1 x2 p* y+ \- u, E4 w* |Warning from consumer advocate group. y j0 J0 f) _* G" X4 I
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN& W. F G! Z$ O4 N- W: j
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
9 x' D6 {( j6 ]) b9 @/ X' {放开市场将使电力价格上涨
. ?7 N+ S! g. i1 V来自消费者维权组织的警告
& L- S5 V% \0 Y! h$ W- ]作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ g% ]2 m8 H, q7 |' |% A$ E
6 @( G+ S9 A4 ]% f0 R- b9 W, xAlbertans 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. ! p& E: Y8 O# k
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。 e4 Y3 f4 i8 X9 @- S; ]( W6 Z
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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. # S8 |' W5 k: z! }9 o6 p
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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* i: c6 w/ ]$ K- E! ?"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."
; s# t r( A- |) F& 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。”/ e$ F% j3 w& `9 {
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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. 8 c1 c6 \' {& c+ n6 |: L
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。/ Y$ j1 |& B# o3 a8 T" v
4 C0 G) E* d) kIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. u& }6 J: \6 m7 z+ V
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。. F$ o2 T1 |9 E7 l
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. - R/ E6 ^ ?; O) e9 O; z$ K
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。* J7 d9 `) m! X; L/ c
) r7 a* y# ]' n. OThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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5 h5 c7 }- w9 O4 k. @2 }2 R( [+ Q1 VLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( ]* x% A2 V; S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。4 N( v/ s2 e1 ~$ b& I: i
& y; Z9 ]! k: t2 H3 |) W: K/ K"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. % j# x# W0 g7 M7 b: c. s
“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.
( f! x R8 f! i5 J2 z- k0 {- I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."
+ L; O! }% C8 S% h3 A“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."
( V5 @' I. _+ q1 \ W% V) _8 {! V, m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
