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Deregulated power could inflate prices& ?2 y+ J; ~- W& A6 ?! x! U8 Q
Warning from consumer advocate group
; [4 M- M9 R4 Y7 ~8 U. m7 S% {By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
8 E# v/ a; ^8 T: {3 W3 Bhttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
# X; G0 j$ k4 e4 I% r放开市场将使电力价格上涨
4 x) ^* @6 W) ~6 j/ L0 d6 p* Q来自消费者维权组织的警告9 Y& I3 A4 P( G5 {7 I3 d4 n, a
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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) q2 r: Z: U( N# 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. . O8 _- D$ d6 W
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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. T5 j/ D# u+ s8 B# ~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.
1 L, C" W/ [. ~* V8 v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- W- Z( A& y) K5 p& G
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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."
. ]" m2 r$ _1 N @2 T“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 e U. \" |+ r3 l4 ~1 C M, c
+ z: v7 u0 X8 |+ D: b( ZWhile 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. $ `4 C+ o% k& ? c& d
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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" [- `# b7 `+ M9 Z/ Y, jIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 6 E, I) G; V9 x7 h; H2 _
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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1 l5 Y0 ~* }0 T4 J# w5 yIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 6 p7 O: @0 b; F* n) O5 F/ x0 L" h& v 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。* |* d9 J5 [" i' Q
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. & r8 s* O" Z2 d# }5 {" M: i% u
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划& r; {8 W5 f. v$ [% k5 `
0 I' ]3 U7 K# S# yLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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- n9 }8 c+ o- {+ O: i" |' ? T- R" ^% l"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 0 n' u( R6 l* u W( Q* 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.
: |% |6 n3 l& ~2 {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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8 C6 E% \$ S& A3 q# w! |& L" u"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& ~" ?- k; J& l2 b: i“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." 4 ~1 E" M" Y* ]) f4 z4 l
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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