放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
$ J/ P, E# f8 B# r1 E/ J$ VWarning from consumer advocate group
$ E5 m0 t' C7 d- xBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
4 P+ I. G' z$ F0 J  _; N! K5 i) V) t1 V) Ahttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
) `; V, @# o! X7 x放开市场将使电力价格上涨
9 D9 Z3 g- `. b: U, @+ i# a" L来自消费者维权组织的警告
作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报

2 [0 B+ ^0 f5 \6 p: `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.
7 H+ K# a0 a4 p# b, k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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( A7 u$ P  ]% j8 U- \9 v% U4 M% ^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.
/ J9 {9 {; ?1 u; d" C' i; 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."
' X* G  s5 s/ \& H# t. L; E) M1 ^“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.
; ^7 G/ `# u' T3 o/ l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.
1 Q( Y0 d) [2 Z4 b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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/ c# ?( {2 a# C9 t/ w' N: i5 u( gIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
. ~2 W" X8 Q0 v/ i6 c; R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。

The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
% j$ B, M9 X4 u  t省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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0 ^: ^& ?3 R. }& m9 HLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
$ I5 ^. E  }6 E& \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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, N) i1 `8 T( u  c( S6 Y"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
“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。“

4 R, f" ^, P; g9 Q$ D; Y! R7 wAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
6 R) P9 Y9 N+ T( s% n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."
“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。”

/ ^' l: H% _7 Y+ h. GWhile 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:
3 a. ~* p6 a' F9 V1 X: q8 u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？

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！