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Deregulated power could inflate prices. e9 R- E& J& z# E3 L9 l' C& F
Warning from consumer advocate group
6 g2 q7 M% B9 t+ D* |% lBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN5 ~/ I( U$ K8 f( O
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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! p8 m5 \' `/ a来自消费者维权组织的警告
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1 h+ [ v1 _ O: x. J9 i/ j" g8 F& EAlbertans 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.
( l0 q: H* I/ P3 D9 m! s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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; e7 h9 j" n# s1 ^; m% pJim 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.
! K0 _$ d: U5 m; \3 \ }; z$ M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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, D. P0 v! m/ ?% S4 R9 o"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."
5 B1 e0 h& O! L: @% Y“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。”5 g; k$ |6 r. a- [
7 b0 g! G2 n. |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. % G3 d" m, ~ l9 o
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。" t% i) `/ {0 q C y; _3 b3 Y
3 [/ W; p* i( U& R0 b; r( eIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
$ d# x/ F* ~" X; V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。% O1 C3 a# E5 P' e4 i
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. ' f2 u' ]) r, k3 c8 v9 Q# j
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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$ p8 j$ [7 d( |9 t' z, JThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
" i" N$ p! w! y2 `$ L* e省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 ?9 {: e' r1 {5 g
3 f o9 ]: @0 u, eLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
% H: g* f4 u3 l3 a# i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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, p# [1 i* C% [$ B"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
! t9 l7 G+ s8 M1 F# F“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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
5 Z, q3 T7 G/ e' X/ T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." 9 W" N$ }7 |/ ]
“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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1 K1 O7 W8 L! @2 d6 I5 lWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." 6 H3 G/ e6 U. i9 N. O8 n. ~
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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