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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN7 c9 Q7 [ \- p+ o, {; I3 ^: j7 T6 a
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
! D8 F3 v# ?; f% t+ S. l放开市场将使电力价格上涨# l8 Y$ ]# z1 }& r4 ?2 d% w
来自消费者维权组织的警告$ g; n" R/ r( P* l
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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, k8 Y; z) i: _) ]# q9 [% q% ~2 x) wAlbertans 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.
# u! p* v2 ]) h* t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。+ `- z# ^ S9 r7 ?7 S) u
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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. 4 \ j) P7 T2 Q7 O! o' G! ^2 C- g3 q
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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8 ^* G: L0 M/ P"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."
7 u! k5 i& t+ A( u# |) C“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。”; V/ g* `& J" V# p! R7 o
/ r+ J4 @( P% c- y6 SWhile 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.
1 q+ g5 s6 G! |, J+ v! m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。& F5 a1 T! X8 H5 H% p
. o* w0 V$ R/ i) E$ B# F7 ]If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! b7 U" N2 ^) W1 M7 {9 z" l& U
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。
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/ h3 C: [: v3 p" x, x: FIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
+ D# A r6 r9 f3 H0 y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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& W0 i! i# D" X. ?6 I) B. KThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. : b: _- {. k5 g( N) r8 j; k, w1 W
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划 w! `9 q7 }! q
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. # S1 t3 Y2 _6 @4 L
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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! y9 }; I$ F: r8 @( f"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ! u0 m, S3 k! p0 l
“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。“. o) W& `0 Z, Z7 e1 A# x7 Y4 |4 H
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
1 c L7 K% J7 u7 {埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。# b; q r: N% ~$ o) Y# `
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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." ; ^, I/ B. R" U( k
“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。”; @* ~! Q5 Y( w+ o i
0 o+ e5 P# i8 @% ?& ]' VWhile 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/ q; f, S# H% Q3 c
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 12:32
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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
