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Deregulated power could inflate prices( @0 P/ F7 W; L- G
Warning from consumer advocate group$ i6 d" D3 z6 D7 e" Q/ w( |
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
& p" g6 N: G, |* b来自消费者维权组织的警告
( c9 j! {, E! h( p6 a, Y作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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% @2 y! U' f0 lAlbertans 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.
9 ^0 V) l" ]! ^' d9 z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。3 Y+ V& `& n2 E5 H0 i! D4 i
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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. & F1 \# s: ^8 X5 D
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5 c. h, c8 G4 v- g
H: ~2 t% y8 y% j$ V; d! P& O {! c"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."
7 J, H8 N5 c- G" g: n% t7 b“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. ' _5 C$ n2 q% 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。
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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.
. B- d: p o; J. p/ ?9 I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。4 g6 ~" \2 E# s+ z- Q7 D( q
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
$ J9 b, L4 k$ e1 I7 W* 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。8 H/ Y, J* P% n- z' n) _, S/ _
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. # H8 ] ^* u# K
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划9 d! A D2 A+ x; W7 r, D
5 k4 g; j; B1 \2 k, HLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
9 e# u* z$ P V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 n; r' b/ d8 |5 j"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
7 @* Y7 e+ X0 x& \4 y3 e, 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。“4 }9 c U) a/ i
) [# G1 X1 ^4 b3 [4 l) iAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. & Q8 p/ {' W; E8 I
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 Z. \* V: _& r5 @5 M"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." a. f* t. q J* f5 B5 j
“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。”+ j9 w& x/ \4 [6 }
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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."
# Z% I3 N# |8 }" a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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