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Deregulated power could inflate prices$ B5 u. C. ~* G! }( t' ]" V& x
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨2 z) ]5 y% D1 v* f( o
来自消费者维权组织的警告
8 X4 Q+ X+ J' Z5 [1 O9 Y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.
, `/ V! N: S& Y( R. D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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Q! }9 L7 j2 ^& X/ MJim 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. ; h, W. \) k0 `( g% E7 C, l
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." ; h0 A0 E8 U$ G9 Q, j7 r# I
“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。”) A4 g% p; i$ S9 u+ g. s3 l5 i2 w
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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.
* o5 a/ X% ~* 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。. Y' ]5 y4 {4 o+ ?
" _6 n/ f3 I L, mIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
9 o' Z( x N: j: i9 ?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.
! ?- {8 @2 ^( U+ ]5 P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。! j1 P h2 l3 o* \+ _: H& {* l# K) N
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. / H) _0 E, X: ` Z0 E
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划 ?( q/ M ^! m( X+ U
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ; I1 j8 E8 L+ }3 x( O4 D
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.
5 f' F9 G( O7 e! S1 |“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。“* g3 @" u" m7 W) N* N
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
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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."
( D* G) W, M; R4 `+ E; S& u7 F3 n1 k2 n7 u“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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& ^0 }! v% n" e3 \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."
: A! U! Q) y1 k( X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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