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Deregulated power could inflate prices* R/ d3 h x) S1 |4 h' c
Warning from consumer advocate group3 e& k$ ], s" c# r& h! N
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN6 a( L6 c0 @+ a1 a* B G8 k
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
% H1 Y9 J3 [ w; z g% G6 ?' ?放开市场将使电力价格上涨0 q1 x# z% l3 t6 ~, c4 L, s
来自消费者维权组织的警告
q+ r4 ~+ R. S6 i作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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9 J) [# k+ K9 f. c4 B# t; _1 wAlbertans 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.
3 ]* \% l2 ^6 ] X# Z. 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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I: e1 a( l0 E% Z0 \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.
% q2 S6 f( x& u+ O' C# ~5 P/ q1 e8 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
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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." 9 F$ k) Z. B7 K7 u
“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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4 F/ ]8 l; W5 d$ qWhile 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.
, [" i7 y ?+ v; g8 e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。/ o' \% U' D0 F8 R. k( r. F
, D0 F r, Y3 f1 _ R% T, K: qIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
/ d- B2 t5 _6 H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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ; |8 H, Z; T3 k+ r( Q
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。- I4 b7 U0 ]3 G1 p
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
; C% F6 e) _+ Q p9 R1 N; r省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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/ @' C5 k# _* ?"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# @5 q: C$ L/ h$ K& O; s) w“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。“- ? ~% m }, z! y( J+ ?
1 {7 i9 } c: jAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
) n6 e; E1 _+ V4 [$ r" j; L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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. o" h' ]8 {: s/ y- S) @6 {8 t$ Y2 o"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."
6 r. o( _/ l* L' ]) @7 s) n, I& 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。”
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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."
, c: s8 d( E& e/ c6 ^3 O% }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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发表于 2005-10-4 22:51
