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Deregulated power could inflate prices1 R' n% \# x% h4 c9 z' b' `, z
Warning from consumer advocate group
* _7 O& e# Q0 @+ tBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN! g K+ e: d F. n D3 ^
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html, w* S5 P9 }4 x1 ?
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
0 X+ P1 k+ A7 k% K2 u/ W) l来自消费者维权组织的警告, n* k, Q" W% i9 q: g: k0 g
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. ( |+ f' `( j6 j) V/ c9 Z# u6 e( T+ w
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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. r9 D. z9 R" G0 {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.
3 G: Z5 p0 t/ O; e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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"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."
" Q, T. g$ ?7 {8 ]2 q1 Y5 ]% J“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。”( t' G! E* H# o
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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.
5 O) J" v% @% @& E& v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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2 i) X! }* O8 N9 DIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
" X. b* w( w3 I3 m. w2 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。' ]3 |) {# s# G
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
1 b! c3 j$ ^' q3 M6 y. I% c: q: W0 w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.
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
* A7 i5 s4 \4 }, N: Z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' {6 l( f! v/ z1 H
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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.
' ?( M7 z' w8 f X* B& 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。“* ^; N" \5 Q! A% T$ A
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. + G1 N* z. N, ^/ f' e% o+ r# [
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。" S& W* H4 i" J: V0 n
/ E1 \3 k( K o$ }: q0 Z5 ["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."
! v( ~( V4 ~5 z j0 }$ I& d) K* q“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。”
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, u' y2 Y, [7 v4 q+ Y5 O$ ^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." ' E, ]- F: Y3 d8 ~+ `% 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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