放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
% d' \2 E* X9 E- B2 NWarning from consumer advocate group
! x& l7 G1 l5 a$ `8 |" V. Z6 aBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
  v9 f4 L5 D4 v- e4 L来自消费者维权组织的警告
" E9 G3 w  Y& I% N- F; {作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报

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.
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。

& g" ^3 v9 C# O7 }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.
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

"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."
" _5 H* C; P7 [5 j“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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+ W$ \' \) ?% n( V" SWhile 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.
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。

- ^6 T& p5 l( s# H. T0 a/ Q( qIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
7 s+ b+ y3 a" `3 v0 Z, a" |, V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。

In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
3 {. A0 H% t6 w4 j1 c' z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。

! D/ P( Z) q5 S1 a& {4 dThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
! x! y9 x7 S& b( b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.
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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
! S) n2 A- [7 z$ l“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。“

Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
/ w9 q1 ^; c- b5 Q$ K" }! Q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."
0 [- a) e9 p* y9 z' {8 T“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。”

While critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
) B- G6 J+ L# o" u  @6 k3 X5 ^2 k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:
- R3 {4 q* u% f, `0 [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？

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！