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Deregulated power could inflate prices; b3 g6 c9 G7 I) V$ i9 }
Warning from consumer advocate group
# b( \+ D6 Q7 w5 `5 Y, o0 `$ ZBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN9 K/ t% y) y$ A8 w' E \
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
9 J" U; Y" f, E. b+ ]& U& I# }5 o5 [放开市场将使电力价格上涨 f* Y) ]; Y7 P* c
来自消费者维权组织的警告1 r8 v1 M7 k1 n( s
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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.
9 i1 D! S9 `# u/ j/ A, T2 ` w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。/ D) e! Y/ P0 R% e& v; F6 i: Y
5 @9 @1 f& U; I1 z! z9 Z# g7 W. V: {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.
( F+ R# ?- K6 e. t7 t. K. K$ B2 r1 `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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. `: f* T* u; ?! A& G7 D1 X: Y7 @"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." 9 y6 D1 Z( l+ l# v+ m
“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。”4 o1 \/ {1 y4 Y2 k9 f) ] i
+ z" }& ?1 Z" D z2 [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. 1 ^0 G4 [9 V3 m4 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。5 Y0 M+ `- B7 _( B- r0 V8 k" C
4 C; n% Y; `. @8 s3 ]- |0 k- zIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " O; X, d7 T$ n# Z4 L# o2 `/ ^( Z
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。% x: ~& C0 j" h; k* U$ u5 F1 F. T. o9 W& a
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 8 F3 Q$ n. S) a1 R. q. C
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。( O1 @" ~( }0 S0 W* {$ y5 F
9 n2 Y. X$ h2 S; N2 l {! OThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 b ~% |& C& \) L3 g. u
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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" z( e. |& j! \Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
" r% t- ^- z& G6 P" k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。' c9 f, v8 m7 a# K
7 |0 W G6 ?, D0 \/ s& P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. " _' u! |2 ?; m1 P, 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。“
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! g& G6 |7 v5 Q( E, E) @3 E) `Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
1 Q- ?! G& X. I. E& M! u, s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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# z% @2 x: Y2 y& X8 r7 X, G2 M"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."
" l) ]- S" |* |3 |/ F6 ~“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。” A2 Y/ r5 U' A0 s7 ] Q6 U" ]
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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."
' i: f) ]) E7 _7 N# s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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