放开市场将使电力价格上涨

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Deregulated power could inflate prices
, e, u  x3 A1 X% B, T$ }, xWarning from consumer advocate group
. p# J6 b( A! P" ~/ _" U$ ]1 K- nBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
4 E. k: Q# j# Y3 ?- A  R3 f放开市场将使电力价格上涨
来自消费者维权组织的警告
9 l) {; ]* v' S) v" \3 }1 `  A- P4 u作者：麦克斯。毛弟  爱德蒙顿太阳报

: W7 C$ i  @1 Z& r4 o0 TAlbertans 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.
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。

( S" ]8 D* D% N- t7 K- ~' uJim 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

, v7 m+ u7 {; l% B4 q0 I1 L: G( G"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."
0 P4 u5 }( _& E' f“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.
1 I/ ?0 I5 Z5 e5 f! h* f3 i% o- b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 X7 f" @. V4 OIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
3 r  |, G: m8 |; }! d' C  b; j3 \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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- p6 ~, ~/ M2 rIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
* @; r( A" r& `2 n* h7 D5 c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。

The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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1 t$ ?4 y2 _( }3 r( h9 Y: ]Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
! y; }9 q6 o" M3 [) o' X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.
“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。“

* L4 L& t6 U- _# A* I: m# YAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
. X8 L9 ^4 K7 b- o* a4 J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 P- m: u3 \8 x/ b3 J6 E, H9 _0 T"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."
, b1 O0 P8 R. {2 u3 h" a4 Q“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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1 ?& q% ~5 x& C2 FWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
( F: Y/ \0 ?6 l$ J, t- Q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:
1 X( t7 @6 J# u, r5 i$ _0 V' \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！