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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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7 ]" a/ k% E. n. RBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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: I7 U9 m, v! m' u" J) h: o放开市场将使电力价格上涨
, H& N0 t( B! \8 G来自消费者维权组织的警告- l2 [# _5 \9 j- \
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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2 f( l. t/ }! ?3 X7 I4 X/ \# }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.
+ T6 D0 d# j. g2 [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。$ ~! c6 h# A( L, R( ]2 ?" @/ t
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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.
: {$ J5 W$ W% S4 `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."
/ q+ Y, {( M7 P) s“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。”& o' ^$ @" g- N: }
4 C: W3 L$ ~2 o& M: F: z. L; D7 O3 J( fWhile 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.
B8 C0 |' r4 ]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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. % r0 ?) t2 C1 \
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。! S2 k! g( {) [- T( [
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. & ~% [/ f0 ?( N5 F! G: z/ q; m
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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; @- e! c+ H6 G; T8 Q& R" X0 ?The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. # V$ W5 A( Q1 [. w
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划3 [) y4 Z3 s# ]0 h8 ^5 _4 J; b' A
" G( j9 H% w5 l$ B5 s" R6 G9 ILiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
5 o* s) m# U7 M& H$ T' f5 L# X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) A/ W% U! H% p" L9 C& `"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
/ r: I' @* a# v0 h( _8 D“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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- w |( P7 E; [2 u* u0 J7 LAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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."
6 v* X. s: W g% a8 D, s$ N“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."
; G- `9 y# [% a8 G: A/ V! l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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