放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
3 |' Z6 ]( z; UWarning from consumer advocate group
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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/ J8 B" z  \1 s6 T放开市场将使电力价格上涨
来自消费者维权组织的警告
7 \8 E4 V0 H3 S6 o* ^$ Z作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报
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  F; p1 i7 N( Z5 t2 O! b7 vAlbertans 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.
" h. y: v/ I, A1 X# k; X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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0 u" a* a% O) o. l* a# x/ A; C% hJim 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.
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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"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."
“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。”

# B3 f6 [( J! M, E$ T. C5 BWhile 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.
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.
6 \3 Y- c$ Z; B! t/ x+ ]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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0 x( g6 ?9 y  ~- W2 |3 CIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
0 a4 j4 R4 Q4 t% Z5 q, 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。
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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.
; n3 |3 r1 ]& R, x& R: k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。

"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
) ~1 j+ t8 X! x& |“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.
/ m% B1 S6 i! ~* }* b1 F& O0 ]埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。

"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."
“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 ~! p% j  m" t6 n4 E; 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."
# ]* }! Q' z+ S0 e$ H* Z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”。

老杨

我生为吃 这名字比较，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？

三思

Originally posted by 老杨 at 2005-10-3 05:47 PM:
, l4 b! W& q0 {, g& @5 X我生为吃 这名字比较，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？

你问我，我问谁啊？

叽里咕噜

呃~ 我觉得crystal ball是否翻译成预见能力贴切些. 另外, MC是Assistant

一尘

三思的翻译有趣！

crazyboy

三思译得好！