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Deregulated power could inflate prices0 e, O4 X; P% f- v2 p4 `" R! a& {
Warning from consumer advocate group1 |/ h; y: p2 r/ w% D
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN* m, I, w/ h# c, H+ T& U/ Z9 u
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html2 x" S/ Q5 a" Z
放开市场将使电力价格上涨$ J8 h% R. b: z3 e5 r
来自消费者维权组织的警告1 U' f U5 Z V) V; a l$ \
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. 1 M! r- n3 t/ x- n: h( d
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. 6 }$ Y( U7 H% `& r3 J& @) i
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% B+ i0 t, G) H- F
" u' q, ^- D' n, _9 j, b"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."
/ D# o- q5 S7 N* E“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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/ t- ^6 _" H' a. T: bWhile 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. 9 L' ?1 _. q. h+ a) w
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。3 I7 g8 m9 z& J$ A
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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. . Z3 ~6 [7 m9 m
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。 O1 m% C/ C, r5 v
* s& ^- z- j( x$ kIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. # [8 f0 k# H5 f% O- v9 v
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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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ' R0 w6 o2 X+ ~
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划9 I+ y3 Z! [- @5 Y6 h
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 3 ^) L/ j. n; `8 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。: \$ e W* p: c Q, z
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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.
! Y- x0 }4 L" N( C4 Z“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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- h2 L; t3 a1 t. s$ bAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 S3 p9 l( h3 C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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"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." # x) f6 b* V5 A: r+ a/ U
“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。”
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, @; L3 N) B4 w* n& T ~* BWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
: o9 N/ G+ e- l# ~) c: j3 ]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
