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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN- }1 ?3 _: @ x7 @( x8 j: |
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨8 X. n; g6 g2 s( u: I. V# Y9 K/ F
来自消费者维权组织的警告; ], O; n4 l5 E3 I J$ d
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. 5 z5 k2 |, X! F$ m9 y3 s! Q+ q n, K
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。: M- Z4 }# y l0 [2 w% d
$ s8 B9 q" q3 G; L" _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. f8 f i1 C( U2 M" H4 f
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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, p/ S# Q9 B+ @9 c l4 e"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."
% c0 r* v1 ]& Q1 ^8 `. c+ v" S“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 y R% A4 P$ O) ]0 n' n
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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. 0 @& E5 E7 M5 k
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. ( Y; v2 a' K Z' B
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。5 r, ?" O4 q: u( o6 L
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 7 U& b! S/ [3 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。! }/ L, \( X1 c# a# `+ i
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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.
/ V) T, a3 J: C" F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。$ c3 n2 ^; D3 N
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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.
. h. Z! r W. Y# c& g“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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' ~1 O& n+ ^, s- }: GAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
# {( d4 \, o# {- W5 J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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$ p2 R" x. o( b3 T( m1 F; I3 \; y"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." ) B( Y/ o1 N h, ?) n# h
“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。”( |7 I: X$ |, R# s: P
0 O& {2 r& R' L) @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." , n4 f5 A# D* c& L& Z. g& C% Q( V
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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