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Warning from consumer advocate group( r" M; g6 C7 H* z; Y5 F* {% t
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨7 E2 E$ d. g2 Y1 L8 ^+ }3 i; m/ g
来自消费者维权组织的警告7 x z4 h C7 F; Q
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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: J! M/ b. x, V! XAlbertans 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.
/ [) Z- k- F: } J# g p8 m" q4 d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.
C0 ]0 m0 b0 _( b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( b# X, O" d8 X% R# {6 L5 Z
]$ k8 t2 t \"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." ( X1 T- ^% O) L6 J5 A `
“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。”8 K* a# D8 h; Z
. o: ?' W6 @1 I; x! t. B7 W/ [$ aWhile 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.
V% @8 j& ?0 P5 v- }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。- p& A- o6 D9 k: F, R: q
# ?# e2 R+ R7 h3 e2 AIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 2 q8 i U8 ^; 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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/ |- K9 w5 [, S; [' H: zIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 0 c. \0 c4 n; a5 |/ i
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。' v$ ]& r7 B* o8 j
0 w3 g4 t, s1 ~# L3 U0 k [! W/ yThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
: \7 n* K: B: i1 Z& w% L省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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5 T- t9 z% L2 [4 }! {Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( e' _" Y8 m8 l2 z5 ?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. 1 Z' c7 ?9 y) w
“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。“7 o! z7 |" M+ d1 R- k, C
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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# m; U* v7 ]' T0 P( e"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."
/ J7 `9 w. l. U“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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5 F4 N! G' w3 P% A- v5 m& u# rWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." - O# N) @9 i) f$ D9 G4 p
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
