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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 Y# t' ]/ ?! x/ m6 ~
Warning from consumer advocate group
( @) |5 S/ {$ u. F& `( U3 N8 I zBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN7 y) I0 J/ r- ]% D/ B; k' ? ]
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
5 K) w' p2 I0 E$ ?; y来自消费者维权组织的警告
' ^) H/ G8 F! n2 w$ z& n5 x作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报/ L9 A5 K! Q" }. U8 B
2 R: q7 z8 v( |! Z4 L jAlbertans 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. \( n5 r( }2 l
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.
" _) b; U; J! q5 U" e4 H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."
4 `) m! _: O/ T2 \; j( [+ {- _“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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4 }7 B1 n2 M' `3 t. w% jWhile 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. ' h1 c/ D3 b! a) j1 B5 h
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. # @ z* y$ _4 L* d6 R 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。( `% I1 `1 D. |$ g& i+ H
" \! M$ @6 c. |# \8 M. j- `/ pIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! Z$ ?3 I; v, V3 J$ h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。$ i! h" \, h" a+ [8 U! _
4 V: m0 f2 x( o* ZThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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" Q' Z4 n6 ~1 B, w9 X- V9 LLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 u+ k8 i; u3 A; i5 P
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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# F+ _5 p1 i4 N k8 O; y"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
/ [+ t5 r; ~. K8 X: Q: A/ ~“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。“& `* \' v- l! ]5 V$ t; G( M
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 4 \0 b; K$ h6 B& q
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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5 p' @/ v; ^( ?1 v( V"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." * v: ]- e! T- T: p9 }, q
“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。”: X5 {$ h4 W% E3 U; Z% q
0 y; t3 i; K# E/ LWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." * m' C6 F/ ~/ T/ G
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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