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Deregulated power could inflate prices
. j. B1 Y+ u( V) j: kWarning from consumer advocate group
5 L( B9 _( P! Z/ uBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
/ @" f& f2 d! Z0 X: x来自消费者维权组织的警告
# i8 ^' y0 _$ I/ ^$ H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. % d/ X% @2 V P" n$ t, Z) ]
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。9 @- D2 ]- o6 z; k0 p
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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.
1 U+ V( P, R- E* C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."
! Z* ]$ j) O2 }/ D* u! 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。”1 R* E7 a$ n( C% q( F# ?6 u
( w+ T, [. E; r/ q6 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. % j; V2 w/ F) _
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。' e/ J7 X4 c e& K: O" U
# r' i9 D& H7 B/ E1 v; |, A8 OIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. " z8 I: m- h+ `3 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. # X' }# s; V, s. |: X! s
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。6 f" F4 K+ r# I. R J" y+ ?" ~; m
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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/ w3 I/ ^2 r' M3 b0 T! n% }; ILiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
; f" B2 R3 ^3 j4 ^; p4 {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。# `( O. ]7 }" t# d( I8 ]$ ?, |- U
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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.
@' c, q9 y g. O0 E" i% m“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。“' ]) f/ I7 r! b O' i. y
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
2 S5 l" D" N/ X E$ @埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。1 q# `, w6 e6 W( \
# P1 g$ N8 c! z0 V"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' m7 R/ X( l4 V5 e2 p
“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。”- `3 a1 E" u; m2 t/ T
- O* s/ d" t2 f2 G2 wWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 5 ]1 b4 y. x+ ]
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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