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Deregulated power could inflate prices2 ]7 }% @( E+ ]3 b* \
Warning from consumer advocate group
7 [1 D# Q( i! S5 n7 t" v) \: \# tBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
7 Q- o- A' I. L# }( o来自消费者维权组织的警告
/ i& v4 n; D' J作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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* T# w3 h( ^/ Q3 M5 rAlbertans 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.
" D( @/ K# P' M! p5 e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。8 F: ~% K |5 q, p7 s& R; T, r' y8 M
* k7 L( K. p' b7 F- Y* h7 oJim 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 l# u' \# o5 Z6 j- b
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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2 A* {" s( U% H* @% \3 d6 u _1 \"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." ' N" O0 X9 M% B5 d( R h B
“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。”2 }; A& J8 a5 J7 t
4 \, [( ^: y* ^' ^% W% j2 I( }( I, }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. & j! z0 n7 F' a2 p0 S8 Q- b
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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+ U) E) f3 {9 r) H' d! @* _6 n1 E$ tIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
$ P2 I& [+ s0 m1 d* k. 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。7 \& T9 ]6 \9 M" w) v2 \. h
! @) p( [: k; x- U. @9 A8 AIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ; |. x9 v) b& k- k9 M3 q+ H, ~
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。5 ]4 g% C9 x& c: P+ r+ K/ `
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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$ u3 A: y2 i, mLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 4 ], k- C# n7 A' t
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。8 E; V6 F n- Z4 _& `, s
2 T& @3 }$ K$ T) R* B"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
5 p- x% u1 y5 @& N/ J: V“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. - _. h# @8 D* n9 p, F0 x) ]
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 @3 D: Q* Y6 z, b
( z9 V. i8 f* D8 D0 ["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."
/ P) V( D% J5 }4 a; l5 C. I) a“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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: K5 D+ b8 m9 z2 m& n/ Y, dWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
/ T' n, T2 Q# G" Z Q, h3 U7 g: x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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