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Deregulated power could inflate prices% {$ R; H, G8 E; O1 E% l2 e, `
Warning from consumer advocate group8 @- I. A6 |; ~" y
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN6 s" W4 [$ M9 w! _+ D/ N
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
$ Y( G: ~* P/ n8 V' J放开市场将使电力价格上涨3 w8 R, n. P) D* S& y3 u! X) ?
来自消费者维权组织的警告' N( J3 q. B4 M& c
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报" j8 n! ~) T2 {: c
$ ]3 R& y2 X, N8 _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.
. i1 c5 C' q6 `6 l" m: o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。7 }0 s4 E! z5 V4 a
6 ?/ }5 O: X7 \8 r$ w4 GJim 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.
$ `9 |) B5 b; \2 t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" m+ A7 f; v; ^$ A7 I2 b
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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." 6 Y }( c; i. P' a+ }7 A& _
“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。”6 F# d' G q8 T' F- Y& q
D+ n" x0 I5 N: }) u+ U1 RWhile 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.
( s9 p0 x% E2 D/ u# [4 ^! @- z5 J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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. & }% t4 B9 J" P, Y0 n% F
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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- P: A$ \; ^! ], {' xIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 4 S- e9 I3 j7 J$ d
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。) _ X9 K( T* a8 X' V
( Z3 g2 D5 |: w6 `2 ]9 SThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
8 O: }/ ?2 I! S9 X) J4 ^3 s c1 X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.
9 _+ _! G; d* n( O |) o# ^! n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。; X j+ K; D( T7 @. W$ p9 [
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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. - d1 l( d+ M' f3 E# `; o
“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。“. _9 t* }5 J. K; E$ ~
: s8 S ^$ C _! wAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ C- c4 i: E! o. A8 l1 g" _( H% n
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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"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."
+ \# Q, U+ z& k" w8 k. M: ^5 p# {" ^“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。”( K, b# ~& J% @9 X- t- e2 F2 D
4 M( z+ N; G; N1 T0 v0 M: ?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." # }9 X( v* O9 n) \1 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”。 |
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发表于 2005-10-3 12:32
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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
