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Deregulated power could inflate prices
1 G% Z0 k; v9 {$ FWarning from consumer advocate group
4 O/ E1 G4 K) }" j$ w: yBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨; ^) e6 A1 E% b4 G+ V; P
来自消费者维权组织的警告7 T. F+ T3 z7 s1 }
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! `% ]- b3 T4 y/ k/ @/ B
$ r x( j( z8 ZAlbertans 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. 8 |9 M' y' z6 Q% P5 q
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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! R! J' a$ o' B5 h+ aJim 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.
* _. d2 S+ D$ f) U! f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." / O( G/ t: {! w! 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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5 }' ?( }( Z% D3 t* lWhile 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.
2 w# N% [# a# N$ k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。) N; {/ @& W& O
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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.
+ b! I3 o$ M: k% |) g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。, Y3 m+ u. K6 X1 X6 H, z* [4 U
* u+ w0 `6 }7 dIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. : A% {3 v! 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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
4 N' [1 i2 I x省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 l; {) C( M, R6 @ l% j- 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。
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" X" I# L( Y9 H% [* F"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
0 {" Q+ k( N7 g b- A“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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0 g q( [+ M3 k; y0 y' M! xAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 W4 G! M( g$ J" x& `3 c
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ M3 |/ z0 F9 g- J9 ^2 y7 {
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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."
$ p {6 F0 s/ {) s) R! ?“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。”2 T1 T/ G; x1 K, ?$ A0 Y# u& m6 ]
0 E% m+ B5 T$ RWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
. D! W* ?# w: M3 \1 {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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