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Deregulated power could inflate prices( u+ C9 B; o9 K/ ^0 m( [# {& I
Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
$ w3 u, ]% }3 U& }1 f! A来自消费者维权组织的警告1 b n& O4 G C7 @
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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, O. ?3 Q& r4 c6 s6 SAlbertans 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.
# c5 K# U: w V' X4 C0 q1 i5 {4 ]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。1 A( G+ c- m6 a
& r# N( U3 E7 sJim 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.
5 R( m2 w" L& 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; Q$ D- w4 N( |$ J0 v
9 n0 h. [# q* y: `, @"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." % e0 V$ m9 D, i8 t1 O9 O% M. a
“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。” P/ T1 } l9 G
+ |5 o- Q+ c8 I F$ G- a+ v$ P WWhile 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.
' ^ c1 T v' F9 }3 ]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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
* G$ C( H3 o; ^4 }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。; M! P: j1 c# R2 @: q! Y
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
0 {3 r' r% R" h1 `( c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。! ~7 N5 N; z1 V- Q5 z% g
) q0 C+ ]' A) m- ?The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
- r( Q. J5 B! ]/ p& p$ s6 O省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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: P6 \$ h/ e# B. t; c9 S$ F' h; oLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ; G4 l6 a9 v S8 S5 u" H4 h9 N
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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: r( y4 `9 f7 D0 w% q ]" P"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
. T7 A; M( @5 k0 d: w“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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5 M0 l" J2 L* m2 bAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 9 V, U) i j4 Q B
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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"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."
& T' T* Y; U4 f% v“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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- Q9 W5 c/ D) N0 UWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." % e2 j) Y& R n. I1 \
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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