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Deregulated power could inflate prices
! X) I" t5 H9 I* I1 v2 f+ OWarning from consumer advocate group5 i9 s: {! C/ H4 H
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN/ [* q( U& n3 H. b
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
c/ Q5 c* R( V! o; T放开市场将使电力价格上涨) k% _9 l# e. c" C5 F5 |8 i
来自消费者维权组织的警告, W) [6 K* ?2 M, ?
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报% m8 a/ ~1 e9 G; }
# R# {3 z/ h5 z& x y$ 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.
0 N( n0 G% @2 @: X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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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. ; s% }% W; ^- _* P' E$ k5 d: n
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* ~6 A. y' U" h5 z% V
& Y+ r0 [" c' q: g"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."
$ I) w+ F& w x- G“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。”' b; Y! E( O- U7 M9 U
! C& l" j4 \' J6 {- v. TWhile 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. ) K T% \3 n; J& F9 O x
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. ( t. {& P0 F0 l, p
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。0 ?# T. F2 [8 u1 s# ~$ }
: R% F& m0 \" @4 O% UIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. $ _8 l- I1 @) u. d: ^
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。5 v, V& r: y( `+ x1 J
% `6 ]: c7 x @6 YThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ( |$ y* l% V2 \* h4 D, Y( Z
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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7 @1 B0 q$ p( o, ]* jLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! R8 [, d! I' u. D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. ' i: w) \9 |& [% |, U4 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。“4 }# w, M" L! l/ N' Z! l" X
2 d8 X' y2 u$ q( `8 KAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
8 O8 W+ S4 ^* @* e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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% F6 V0 E/ n$ W, u+ a Q"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." 8 y$ G, L1 {8 y# S
“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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7 P, W" x6 [$ b6 f0 S o( ?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."
\: e2 R7 ~! U* S0 Y% v3 A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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