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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN5 r/ [0 A0 Z1 k
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨" H+ [! \3 R0 g0 m; n
来自消费者维权组织的警告5 w$ A- Z. G3 D
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. % O0 W* _7 s7 C" T
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 j6 i2 x% a+ G7 K$ x
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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.
" [: G4 x+ C: A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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& y/ k' ^# S& k, ~"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."
& {* L5 t- e. ?: p6 _“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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; g0 @7 r* l6 S9 x$ _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.
9 D# }; Z, {( F5 \' X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。/ Q- i- S7 y: g+ z2 A: v F; y
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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. 2 [, R! m) H7 E& ^( N* Q
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.
) j \8 \& K, j) ^. k" }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。% a" v- p! E" S0 J) [
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
( b' E- }- |: A* c省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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* l8 {9 T" h2 q$ n* ZLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 1 Y% V" L, F5 U
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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- a$ c2 ]+ [6 ]" f8 c/ X& x"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 7 e3 V& ?& [4 _2 A8 ~$ z* j
“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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; y) I$ V# V5 o$ G9 e" uAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 @! w, g9 N; ]1 l
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." - f# I/ `4 t, e/ n
“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." % I9 }$ Q) c2 k6 `" Y$ d
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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