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Deregulated power could inflate prices
* {1 y+ i( _% k- \" @Warning from consumer advocate group' g2 s4 m, M% s) Z1 D; p2 d
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 y8 n, m* g7 A/ Z$ L
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
: R1 u- T; O( V8 H( f, w( I5 b来自消费者维权组织的警告
: t! P7 \% o+ Q, x0 `" R作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报6 q) d# L1 M3 R7 m$ A( i; q( y
/ T7 A- }- E+ F J0 J' V3 rAlbertans 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. " K3 O* s( f; l6 e7 ]7 p$ R' ]
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. : R5 D% m9 c1 A
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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3 B1 D& N k( [( P8 j8 m"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." 5 U0 v$ k( t0 \9 o) [$ ]
“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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/ V% @( f2 v7 c. t5 k8 i5 XWhile 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 y8 f) S0 D5 Q; h* [9 y2 T
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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C5 g, @: Y0 }7 wIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
6 Q. D+ c9 T: Z8 U- t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. 0 o8 {+ W& V) k
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。! @4 n# n, S. p
' y9 P9 h' G+ n" U( rThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. * F3 C& x2 F% u" ~" y9 V
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. 0 l- ~$ a5 g3 K) C8 G
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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1 R6 v6 F" T3 }/ {2 s"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 9 B4 W8 D( @" Y; j+ J, m1 a! }
“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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; X. U- g( \. h2 K9 H7 Y0 [Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
+ L/ a3 A* [ c' D: B+ f埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。! p% b3 M% o/ M
2 W4 a6 W" |6 W2 _4 K"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 J& Q' k, T) d$ H# q! m+ C8 o
“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。”' h. |0 _8 P5 o6 f# f1 h) T: O
- a' [3 c, I" j& A! K- r! AWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 1 U9 c# j: u2 ~, e
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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