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Warning from consumer advocate group; T) g& C5 Q( E' F" Q! f
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨, o8 O: F! V; T5 [' i; d: o
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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4 Y& x, r: M U0 v, N, ~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.
9 g5 v. P% ~, t/ U8 ]" 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。 r% W& ~6 z3 y3 I \; ~2 o
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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.
# [8 |; A9 X& ?" 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
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: r( L4 [6 {% b7 o"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."
( S% V6 F% L! \“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。”0 H+ j e# E! H) p
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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.
, X4 B# m0 M) n- @/ e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。8 h7 X7 P9 o4 Q6 O/ u; }5 p
) D7 Z* A7 f# q5 FIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
4 m# D. j8 S/ V* Z9 m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。& P; b8 l- g$ f9 m
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. " e9 N2 M* Q! V1 a* _
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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 4 A0 _0 Z0 h$ N" O1 N4 V% L" h' s+ p
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。* w# m. o4 f$ F2 C
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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. , R; k! J2 o) i# F
“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。“2 p8 F8 I2 M' m3 B# ]5 ?
; l/ V8 J1 b% W3 Y" NAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ' r5 k* Z5 C( A% W+ {
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。. U2 e1 @' L0 m/ ^3 F2 l9 I
; a7 Z7 ^; o% S: x"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." & g2 r: L* u' E* C
“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。”2 ]) K( u- H9 N
3 D3 {6 w$ M9 f2 iWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
$ m) `' Z* p& L; _0 f% l% W+ C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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发表于 2005-10-4 22:51
