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Deregulated power could inflate prices+ a. F: _/ A) C+ R7 H0 l/ r: b2 T
Warning from consumer advocate group7 o- E- ]" y5 I; e* r K3 }
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨$ Z0 a% s2 [: I1 M1 I) Z
来自消费者维权组织的警告& m* U/ X$ [& F" H& q" w
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报1 ~7 m0 v" t* l; A6 {
4 k7 T* S! M6 W( yAlbertans 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. - J" Z7 Q8 P, y
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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& c" |; r3 W0 k9 _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.
# ~: e" U2 D- I2 B! Y6 q' {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."
6 k+ S y, k |3 ^' 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。”3 j" d/ j0 [: l Y0 _+ {. m
% n6 H0 L3 e+ YWhile 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 a$ t$ e' d" r# w4 i# E9 k
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。6 W9 R) [. _6 B, |! n) M# \
- D$ m1 N2 m5 R% ?If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
4 ~- T* t4 w6 N' \8 u, i+ q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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3 C# i! s1 M9 w6 l" c8 EIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
9 y& x# y7 f% P) 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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 2 b1 q2 Z* P6 Z& y2 \" {& V3 S. H
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划% E X# O4 \' J: l) K
5 c2 m- Y: I1 v y l( C* ZLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
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0 @2 Y$ G* r% D2 N"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. : _, p% i3 D8 h8 Z1 u- E
“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。“, ^0 g9 W8 V2 l6 r8 e# d I& d: s
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
; B- T, v" P* H" s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." 1 w1 S% k/ p& B' y' t) X! @+ S
“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." , o' y% K1 \! J- 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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