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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 _+ ~4 |1 t6 w
Warning from consumer advocate group
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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来自消费者维权组织的警告
( k" [9 H% t4 V# F7 i6 v" ]) c作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报' j8 a! Q% W; |' {# z2 \, ]
- ]! i' H! |3 Z6 `; 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.
" y1 S W2 N) e1 e: h# D% C/ ~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。- S" l0 M# M) f* S* z
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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.
7 s- e& @0 ~' }$ H, ]8 Z% ?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2 b+ n1 y. B% U3 r/ j
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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."
) f$ N+ p# Z) Q, E6 o“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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$ _. |+ S- Q$ B. }While 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.
! ~ E; q0 l6 Q. \2 k9 l$ H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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1 o5 l1 N! U5 PIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
( V. T0 n8 R0 y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. " G$ k3 q2 d' E1 r0 W
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。% @! a6 }# e5 |2 T& ]2 K$ L
: \- f- h) k; ]+ i' P5 VThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ' C" w7 Z1 o. y
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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+ Q- K/ F' n/ { a2 ELiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) y, @5 p$ F/ U% k# p/ w. x
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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8 y0 x: O& f( N2 v8 P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
0 @: ^+ ~! T& x" e: S. 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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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."
7 P. }7 x* e" {1 e+ v) b @, 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。”
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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." 1 e6 V. u$ w$ M3 [% ]
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 12:32
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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
