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Deregulated power could inflate prices, _* R: Q# L* ?+ }% X1 b
Warning from consumer advocate group3 \. o3 R. N" e; R, I5 ^# z
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN5 h4 I" C7 u9 N2 k, ?, F
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
I: ~4 c. y5 F1 \8 |放开市场将使电力价格上涨
& W7 m" e1 ]8 l! S [1 M来自消费者维权组织的警告% P- }+ C/ V4 q
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报% k v+ N: t$ q8 ^* e
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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. 3 v9 n3 l) M. A" z# b
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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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.
! h9 E- d5 g: y, X/ C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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"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."
( x! W* t' v5 q% L+ w y( C0 ] L! Q7 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。”( v8 C( H8 M7 L; t0 F
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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. " i2 U- p% k1 F0 ]5 n
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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! C0 T! K* Y( L! N" X A* dIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. * U9 j9 Z; i& A0 E; `, y7 P' t% W
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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6 y* {: C4 f! J+ h, [In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. 2 \+ [, B; F0 a' d3 b
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.
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" N& s4 ?/ d/ Q- ]Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. 6 O9 {. f5 j! ?
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。* B# ~- S' t. ?9 k: x3 @7 S
. d8 H, J( l" z"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
$ Q! T% X) d& x: E) l! x; 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。“# V: t6 q! o8 V5 W- N
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 8 J# i5 U& Q( {- O
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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: p7 Z$ T6 }* T. { Y: 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." 6 H; |; N1 z4 \9 m J/ k( n$ I- u k
“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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, S) w8 N) g5 d/ d5 b& N4 vWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy." / {1 b b4 E7 l
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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，在阿尔伯塔消费者联合会当什么职务？
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