放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
. [3 l9 w1 v) T( CWarning from consumer advocate group
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
0 j% Y' Y1 W4 z. Ohttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
7 o, I7 {" r# I放开市场将使电力价格上涨
3 ?8 h# ]. j) H* A) ?6 G( \, v来自消费者维权组织的警告
/ v$ ~& ?) j7 L7 L作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报

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.
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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& U% t3 v1 c3 u# S3 KJim 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.
, c& ^' T) ~  I- R+ U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

"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."
: g. f& W1 e' J$ [# L“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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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.
3 D5 i8 y9 [; `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。

9 M$ Q) k$ g3 S, n  xIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
5 T) S/ I* H0 n6 X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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7 q7 m5 |6 C) M+ d; f9 ~The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
) L7 K( q( @$ f; Z+ ?* [0 `省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划

' l  L! A( F2 d+ _9 JLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
5 j+ X, Z9 Y. L# p" F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。

"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
5 G( ^9 j  X7 f! _! n9 M/ R“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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, |' ~" C- D* d% wAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。

"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."
3 r' d7 X$ F0 G7 {) R( d; 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。”

( ?' X% ]$ M" C* @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."
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:
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？

0 o# v8 d# O; Q8 I' w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！