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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨7 ^, ^9 Y3 i1 V3 \" m
来自消费者维权组织的警告9 u- d" U6 P2 i) ~; {
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报1 f8 O$ T% E8 {" } e# n9 b4 n( J& ] Z6 L1 N
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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. " O- R2 [! p+ t: q% D1 _
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。$ x3 W @8 ~- q& S. ^0 q, c! c
( E7 g/ d9 o4 ^. J. I5 q* }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.
! N, S) f. M+ V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) u8 |4 P q" k9 _* u8 m1 {
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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."
! s! _+ t5 W, }9 b7 Z K# W! |7 z6 S& V“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。”1 Z' G% T% `$ g' e- V
3 q- T/ I/ p4 o+ t% LWhile 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. 2 \. O* H" E" k' E# p# R
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。, d! i; y+ r& _7 `' ~
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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.
( Q& o" h5 X1 D: p" G( ^( r/ |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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6 \ j" w- t# R+ Y) \% y1 h; |0 F- `In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
! B+ a7 @! f6 l0 V, ~9 r+ [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。# P2 [$ X5 I6 x4 J" p7 M0 ~
8 O9 ^' }) a, P1 |/ kThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
- k8 d5 W4 C; [省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划8 B4 L/ k* n, n2 l1 t: \9 W% s: i
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
7 \6 S- b7 p' i3 p0 b$ ]8 P8 \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。1 I! D7 f, Z* B, t. |
9 ?5 G7 w8 f4 E: p# n7 M( d+ S9 }"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. , O5 O |; u; x8 Q, ]8 P4 r
“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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, s H& _; C$ J; |. }Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
* I) z7 q- i8 h4 K埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 c( t' Y- x) W7 g
0 F1 ~+ d# q& x5 \ P* n"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."
3 f# q: G) ? ^+ N“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." % E3 F. p: X- X# P3 I
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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