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Deregulated power could inflate prices+ F6 ]4 O" K; E {" {
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN- H% C1 {* K2 C, G" Z) ] C3 T: _
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
4 R% _& l& u3 }- J$ p来自消费者维权组织的警告$ P# T* ~7 w+ F
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报* c8 j2 _; Y1 W4 I( `
g5 {/ F4 l' s4 |: dAlbertans 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.
0 y4 M# |% Y' t: L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。0 @& t; I8 v+ }9 M& F
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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.
) _% S1 ]$ t7 t" W* f: N5 w+ D% M( ^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8 [, `8 U2 \ U) H# }% A
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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." : T7 m9 p, S/ K4 X& E( z
“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。”" i1 o( k3 ~, l4 |; w7 F
0 Q8 t4 z. `. s5 D, h3 r! ZWhile 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. - i7 H0 d5 j3 A0 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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2 {! Z J% m# cIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! ^0 X8 o: H: Z/ U( H. v4 |
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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; H( q' e, M/ i& E; S) YIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. % q( d0 C6 `% `/ j0 ]& L0 M
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.
$ b7 k* M8 n, H) R, J1 l k7 _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.
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: ?& I7 ~/ Z6 e9 V1 P" R"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. ; S) c% _1 t/ c' ^* k; M! z0 b% 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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- D4 o0 w2 d& \$ ]% ^Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
4 H; W* K) ?/ R& 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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"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."
0 O# L6 A) v6 g. K' Q( G$ y“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。”( E5 {( \+ H# m4 \
) v0 j: ^. B/ D* [) ~# k: LWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
2 Y1 a7 O c& L7 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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发表于 2005-10-4 22:51
