放开市场将使电力价格上涨

三思

Deregulated power could inflate prices
Warning from consumer advocate group
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. [; B" |% L1 J4 K& G* G" ]http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
* K" {) b6 T6 B' G9 r放开市场将使电力价格上涨
9 `' c- j, W* Z来自消费者维权组织的警告
" T; a- h! G' g5 O" o作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报
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: E3 _' r$ h2 Q, G7 \, t$ m$ SAlbertans 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.
" w( ?5 F7 Q9 s1 b7 w2 \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。

: n" l0 l( P5 _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.
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。”
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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.
0 v6 a7 ^0 ]! P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。

0 J& l8 g' K& a$ ]! O/ ?- }If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
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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' e4 C6 K3 b' SIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
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。

* H9 o4 v: F  S7 R' tThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
; z& H0 V- h' \1 W% [省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划

9 c( a. \7 R( {' |3 k' O) sLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
# }# Q/ g: c  T2 s5 ?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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  U7 A# ^  s* o6 O7 V& D, g"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
8 F4 Y4 T+ \/ K“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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4 W, ?% _( m( v& IAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。

/ ^9 a8 l5 i5 C  F"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."
) _3 F+ b0 r; n$ H“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。”

) K1 G0 P* }! d# ?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."
" r$ m1 E& l& o7 r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:
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！