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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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( I& n" `9 F0 F5 j8 w' z8 {By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN4 V) X2 P/ r8 L
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
. K0 b. d( a8 c/ H. _/ O( q* T放开市场将使电力价格上涨
/ ^& d0 o; ?3 K+ U+ v来自消费者维权组织的警告" m1 {- [. R# K& {6 g) L
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. + {9 [% c' [6 W/ 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。
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+ J6 Q/ L) F% \" K2 P3 |. iJim 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.
# a, p* `5 g8 G& ?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- {7 U, K/ [8 x+ p. l
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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." 4 V- \' c8 S C; K5 g. R7 {
“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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7 h* p: n' a9 _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.
1 l$ `+ M7 I; i3 U( ^" M9 }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。* ^2 V0 u. w* M9 c3 O
8 i! o) T8 k0 E8 [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 1 i. j$ A0 Q9 `9 {% \ e
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。+ I( }4 g2 @, @3 E- k
6 l$ |; j! P; cIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
& _' `1 u( Q" ]3 C! g4 b! G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。* T* M: F3 z6 A2 A7 C
0 T/ y- c& d6 o" v. Z/ t NThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. / J" E3 l% g: i! K9 o
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划; K, y n" K' x. ~9 A3 {: s0 r
6 d A' w* ?* }* ?, M8 {: e4 [2 g# BLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
+ v( f8 Y: v% B; P, D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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
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$ B" N6 z. d, Z BAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
2 Z) q4 T: H2 D* x8 U$ n, E' T埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。3 I' R/ t* V9 S
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"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."
( R! Q+ _, ^& p$ Y“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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1 X9 ~6 {& i% a4 ~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."
4 Z( P! W, M5 d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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