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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
3 C( V/ C, @- q( \来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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.
, d- I! o* v u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. + [8 v& p& h/ t8 @( 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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"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."
6 B4 X) t8 c2 ^$ S O" d/ ]“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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$ W7 U1 `& {% i" |2 [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. / v U/ x6 F6 Z
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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# i9 {* M2 i) OIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 5 \3 |3 T) [1 ~& u9 |1 r
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。4 N% O: P3 G: ^4 V) m7 l. m
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 6 I: E% m$ d; m8 ^1 D
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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! F2 J5 ]( Z$ Z* F! r |The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
6 H. J2 Z$ g; H5 \: |! j省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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5 l5 g/ t& p/ P hLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. , f! O& i8 E: g3 r+ ~- D4 Z$ ^
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. 5 c7 h' ~; S2 Q9 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。“* J% {4 t. a& \9 m3 e- V- J+ l
a+ D$ ^3 Y' B8 Y4 w+ y2 }4 SAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' ^- F5 J1 t- _6 I2 g$ V
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ R" H0 s% K0 [8 Y7 u
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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." 8 v& |; x8 y3 @7 ]& z
“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。”. j7 z; l& q, D
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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." # c' R! @5 g6 K+ Q
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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