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Deregulated power could inflate prices
+ ?/ d( A6 `8 ]" t% y) ^& rWarning from consumer advocate group6 B/ D8 k+ t" B/ t4 S( D2 G
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN) t9 N% m' ^* ]/ D
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨9 b7 E$ o- H3 a4 x8 i
来自消费者维权组织的警告' `+ Z0 x% t) W/ R4 A, g- `
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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) g/ d; ^- k6 t7 g" {! bAlbertans 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. % S7 c7 }; ]+ G1 L3 ?5 P: {
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( u' y) L4 u+ t* i0 b9 ]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.
& D4 S, E+ U3 N: X& ~' s3 j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 r+ ^" }9 l- T7 K Q. E
e; D2 U0 v! L; B* _) l"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."
& p$ Y& G) l1 N5 q: H) q“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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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.
7 P! g3 {$ C6 | U/ I% i: j4 a9 d/ 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。+ h6 k; P1 i) Y2 U$ P1 L
7 J# P/ ^. P* O8 ?( H3 T) TIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
, [2 x( K" t$ r+ H( g! B3 h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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. Y( R% i# R5 F; W$ ^In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. + K9 Z+ A8 Q8 J/ H$ X
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.
- K6 D$ p: o$ Z, V省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划9 t& l# b( t5 Z
& `3 h* A t& g: MLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 t9 G: ], a0 c B+ z$ ^, t* H7 A
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。: {8 p! ~0 V# |- \
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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. - ] C0 q* Y& t9 n) C m( C
“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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+ F$ F# `" n( s8 D% @" QAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 7 y% i! S2 \/ r8 ?2 m2 e
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。
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5 z1 _5 d+ y) P- R( f"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." % ?7 ]1 _7 s4 G% u1 P4 h
“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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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." , }+ D: Q6 H( W
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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