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Deregulated power could inflate prices
* S4 S3 Q* Z+ |* [Warning from consumer advocate group
0 [. ^5 ?, X* J r$ |( ?By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN5 s& B: j" I i9 \# s' S/ D* N4 u( V
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
" Y2 v ]7 g4 a5 w6 r3 g0 ]来自消费者维权组织的警告* v0 o1 E# \! I6 v, l+ F- i
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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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. ; N' r5 G6 j6 D6 H
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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! @+ o, L5 H" N/ |( U8 e0 rJim 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.
% f. |8 {3 j3 Q# H- z0 c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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$ V2 |! ]: ^/ @1 z: f"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." ; B$ q8 @# c. c6 h8 ?( {5 ?
“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。”/ V* r3 _: N4 ^" K$ b# ^' S
: }4 e& B# W" `' TWhile 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. 4 w4 S {* M! N* [" _1 w
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 e' v/ ~' |# B$ L( [
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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. & u& [ V5 n) ?, V
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。* W8 @3 |( w( I, o8 Y0 v9 s
. Y7 Q( m: D5 p" X: Y% |4 Y% NIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. , @( P. t5 x6 a" w# `' x6 _) c7 B
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。+ B/ _! c+ _( T
) ~ A$ R' ~. N5 HThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. ( K X. h& V$ i3 N. x
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. 5 W5 ?* D7 b4 I& t
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.
- ?, t: `, N. z1 o“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。“7 m' ~4 v) c. _" {
1 n8 @% v s5 j; E) e0 _Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. : `& q* a9 K# n/ A) h+ t
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。$ k. X2 X E c$ [
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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."
9 I2 j4 ]7 i4 N& [/ c+ A" a9 @' C“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。”; G7 v$ f. g; k; ^7 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."
9 w7 _" o7 x8 V+ ~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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