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Deregulated power could inflate prices
+ u7 z$ Q" ]# b6 i9 g( N' W3 BWarning from consumer advocate group m- H2 }: F* b2 a8 H) k
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN8 a: b( o6 c* F
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html7 ?7 L( I/ Z* Z7 ]/ `
放开市场将使电力价格上涨 ~$ \! _) V. \/ G; f/ ?1 |+ ] G1 H
来自消费者维权组织的警告
2 U+ L' P5 F" M$ V E作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! ~3 B; k9 Y6 \. e
+ \) ]" B$ e6 o6 H* d/ _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. 1 I9 M. L$ L% f
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。& _& r# o" A' m# n9 h" i) b& ]
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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. . X) x6 N( c; }) g
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% `9 j! v# H: J( t" `9 i
: s" d) u: Y2 I2 S) R% d3 d2 L$ f( p"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."
; D/ p4 r) R/ S8 g! U; B“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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- \) T6 U" J& y5 i4 z! y$ QWhile 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.
0 C/ v' V$ U q, G& x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。' z) N6 L$ s$ r7 m
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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. 7 L0 {7 h1 H# q6 p
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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- R( X& Y' s% o! bIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
2 C% }7 ] G, c* d" B" V. 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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' a8 L1 g( j% O2 |- t9 i. ZThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 0 f6 x) p$ Z& \' d9 \2 R
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划) n1 m# V9 y1 K
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
5 p1 ?! H( n; d E4 j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。0 `$ Z6 b5 p9 b& ]
# |; n* R7 ]# V% p"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. # m/ E# Q$ F4 W8 c( T
“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。“( z1 t4 P! K5 w$ A N$ M
$ B' O1 g6 j% f7 N B& tAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. & N" E1 b5 _8 ]$ g
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。& {: b" ~3 u6 O8 J1 X9 K, _
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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."
& R! _& a" d `# `% X" `“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。”+ I3 F# `; V0 |$ y% p. N
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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."
4 e, ^7 f" L! `( T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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