放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
& o8 m/ L# S4 yWarning from consumer advocate group
. k6 \8 B; k( E8 O5 j9 `By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
4 T7 U% m, }/ t* X6 x% \http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
* L( c' l; C' S# Q. ?; h放开市场将使电力价格上涨
& o0 K) ]' o7 C" v1 x* T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

$ ^: q, J  k; mAlbertans 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.
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。

6 p" N  g; @( ?( bJim 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.
5 L) }. q. O9 S' h8 [& [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

- x' j+ l& K7 j6 K" f& C"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."
: P' S* g9 N0 D& P“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。”

! s* F( ~  Z6 X; S7 ]5 p4 c4 s. YWhile 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.
" s% v+ B+ D# N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.
6 N) G9 }4 \1 T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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
' J  w2 z  t7 z/ H* y! J/ F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。

2 i- j& Y: G+ j' YThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
- \' w2 I8 t/ q省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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' J4 [- k. t: P; l) aLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
3 `. I$ Q8 _4 i: Y$ i0 ]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' D* g" e  m3 \, m+ H"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
  n' c# t" r) |) A1 P8 _1 q“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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3 }% q& @9 ]8 \Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
  s7 y0 m9 E6 ^/ ?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。”
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0 R. J, S( Y& W8 a1 OWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
1 o# Q0 A" U+ T' q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:
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？

+ f, k$ c( M8 W. C  K, ?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！