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Warning from consumer advocate group
6 x" J# o- d" h4 ?, h; y. j5 _By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# ^1 M$ P; s: a( [0 S
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨! R$ J! v" j# s% `: N$ P: P
来自消费者维权组织的警告
, ~; e8 s( ]/ y作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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3 l z8 x* e+ f J& O2 FAlbertans 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.
; |1 c( I- L$ O3 n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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. q1 T) `$ X! `3 iJim 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.
6 K" \; l: C5 ^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+ P* `/ L+ \( K# c R0 h; Y
4 r+ W- s& ?# h/ {( r. ~+ Z; a"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."
, R$ U0 n- R0 f( m- m$ Q$ S“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.
( \2 D& r2 i1 g# g- S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。+ _9 t, D8 X/ W- g
, |% @+ y$ m1 ^# P4 t/ wIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. ! K- Y5 g: Z( E
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. & B' [- w: f+ _! 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。
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 3 S# K% B& h4 d3 r* ?
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划; {; ?1 o5 N0 P F& J2 h8 K, p% _
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 3 O0 h. N' t9 i: y! s
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. # S3 C$ G3 u" c- [$ S7 @
“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。“
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
`0 L' X4 j2 s埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。( v: y! ^; ?! s1 O. K/ Z3 g7 e
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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."
& X0 b9 z# b! u9 Q/ d! g9 E ~2 _5 `“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。”) a9 `" P/ }2 B! ~
9 f6 x! V3 ]" gWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
4 |) g; Z- r; W/ I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
