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Deregulated power could inflate prices# o) F9 E: D% g! V. l
Warning from consumer advocate group I H5 P2 U; M P0 N; N
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN0 s: e; q& A' ]
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
& Z- Z9 Q3 x6 S3 N0 B放开市场将使电力价格上涨
. i# z: I6 J% Y- h; ?来自消费者维权组织的警告% Y/ l. d8 @, x* A5 I4 h) f
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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- n$ Z1 c' q' s9 f# }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. 5 f# J5 H- f( f, T
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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Z- [% W3 Z/ s! O9 a+ OJim 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.
/ [& I5 P) j7 U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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; r4 ]1 k; z; d3 j" I- C: V"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."
, i8 T' a8 W+ a: V6 |4 x' 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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, u3 ]# l f, F; n% v* I$ 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.
! n6 a2 U" o ^& G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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. S7 k. h- e; t! Z2 uIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
! k2 J- r0 M: ^6 U9 {% [2 x5 Z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. + S3 h0 j' ?6 ~/ U
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。/ H( j/ b, q/ G5 a8 F
& }0 {4 J5 s0 fThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 0 K; i: Q2 _5 ^$ a1 E: U
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. 2 j, M, h0 p9 {! t7 M5 ?+ 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。& z: I% B# e; T8 r9 M- [/ X% \
: O7 j& X+ S& P5 z- E3 t# i"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. " a- g7 L) q( p0 l, d
“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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0 f- ?# x, Y8 W ^' O0 u; FAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ! b$ B# g3 ]2 G5 W% l8 O
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。( H/ Z! }% V+ v
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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 [( N3 Z$ H7 X$ d2 p; g
“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。”( b7 m& A1 c; I. b* `' p
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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."
& \5 m4 Y" |4 {" n' @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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