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Deregulated power could inflate prices
! k) V( Z$ j# q; b5 j A& E$ YWarning from consumer advocate group; |" l2 F# W3 G- H- |; L, M8 ]
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# r8 G( t* D' G9 V$ {$ g3 [
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
8 `& `1 V$ [, g2 b8 D放开市场将使电力价格上涨; p q8 i! \$ W+ i. k# P% c
来自消费者维权组织的警告: u7 `, n/ M1 h8 ?! p3 _
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报% ~* v, }) [( O; M3 B
' D$ ~7 [5 I$ u* l: e5 KAlbertans 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.
E/ Q7 q6 G/ G0 A, m. u+ A0 u( `6 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。( W! ^$ J9 O2 E# T
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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.
2 P1 s( G% R! I9 k0 u% c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; ^( C& m9 s# R% q* B& U& z* O
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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."
. w! j( k0 X6 l! H6 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。”
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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.
% k& i/ v9 e/ l& b$ s8 a( G, U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.
0 `0 z9 ]% C, k; [0 ]/ 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。
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ! f! M! w9 c. n8 y0 X
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。6 ^# I5 j3 N6 g2 x6 z
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 Z( \7 K5 S6 j0 Q8 Q0 E0 m
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
' }1 b% M" T' I4 _; o* m- 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。
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0 x( o5 R# \$ _7 |/ j# b; A! m"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 3 g' |2 T# x$ V2 j s- c
“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. ( y8 C/ o. U0 ?! A% P
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。/ s0 g' a) p% R8 ]9 ? d
; V$ r. v! U& C8 D+ k4 v"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." : y$ r* g: ^0 n" U3 E
“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。”1 L' a9 N7 u. j( `9 Z& F
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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." ( _5 t2 e2 m1 K- v3 ~8 w
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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