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Deregulated power could inflate prices
# p3 [6 y4 E6 s4 [# D% LWarning from consumer advocate group D+ S" c( k7 c Y. S
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN2 J/ W* `- C% b4 z0 f( l* F8 t; E
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
- H1 A u: w+ Z放开市场将使电力价格上涨& M% W" b1 D \. k3 K; S
来自消费者维权组织的警告1 T1 {' E5 C7 C; |9 t& z2 @: w. B
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报6 Z5 c, L7 C$ W* a& O
7 N5 ~) ]/ w+ d! a9 k. XAlbertans 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. - Q6 @- J8 e1 ]9 d
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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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.
/ s- O: ?9 D3 Z3 M+ A; i7 l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% t7 W3 D8 H, Q2 r+ T
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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."
& Y" w+ e5 { b3 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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! s2 d$ b- w# M* lWhile 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. M' N1 [" I3 V0 W1 W- r
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。" v- b& G4 V* @3 k' _
- [4 Y$ ^9 _: U$ ] U, TIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. 8 |5 N: ]1 z, s0 w8 E0 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。0 j H: L9 H0 g
; \9 E5 C2 \$ n4 Y' w( xIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
- {+ C) h& X a% 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。% I/ k1 N5 u! [* p6 i9 u& T1 t7 N
* D6 m7 B7 H: N9 |: P! e/ Q, qThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. # K# e, Z* H- q$ V7 _
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划/ x& r" I. L& N, |& O( w/ U
0 o7 e$ g( d! s1 t Q8 i MLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
$ u' _ |6 o+ E6 k7 s: X8 m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。# A8 n9 ?, k4 i" } Q+ z, y) z% z
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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. . h4 H: U! i" B
“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。“* \+ a. K( O3 G2 r! {
' D% v9 |4 [, V! WAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
: R9 W3 ] r% g0 a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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1 X2 Y: u; i+ i0 U- z' e"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 x! H7 _+ s$ M! ?$ ^
“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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" f! F: {5 R% F) tWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." / p1 G" H2 ~) A1 l" R* O/ `( O3 S
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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