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Deregulated power could inflate prices) |6 {2 c& _& z+ p6 }$ U
Warning from consumer advocate group( Z4 l( `( D8 _* d/ n2 u! ?# c
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN+ s$ y( e% f& i- R: m6 A
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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6 y+ ~. P7 R# p9 o3 _# _7 j! x来自消费者维权组织的警告
+ p5 e+ n3 U$ Z( a, n. ]& j作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报- ^0 s @. ~ l( t3 z% v3 C
7 `* x' X# {/ }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. ' O/ t. D, g; X+ C
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。7 Y' F) a3 x- ^- d' Y4 g
! m& [' o& F2 V( G! EJim 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. ( m& M4 y' F6 C" r3 {& n H# `
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! I; p9 Z1 Y. j! E4 _: m, R% U
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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." 8 S: w) |5 Q8 g
“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。”; @$ [. E# ^5 e b h$ ~
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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.
: ~$ D( |+ i( P/ n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。) B; I; b: A# X
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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. 7 {5 l6 N0 h- P# C2 _! p
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。! A$ o0 t# Y! }& B$ S; x
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
: ~; g& {3 |. Z8 n; h' 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。
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# I, A0 |+ e5 K- FThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
6 A: Z1 d! u' j/ m省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划! s6 o2 l0 Z5 g+ t- U @$ e
0 C& s2 \9 w# V' N% L4 TLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. * B7 ~% x) t, V- p
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.
' {! f- ?" y/ L“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. * I8 p! T6 q2 h$ Q' m: p8 w
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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"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."
& X# d! J! K9 W“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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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." 7 {6 e& Q9 l8 f& y, o n5 i# 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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