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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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( m, Y* Q1 i- i! |1 O1 EBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN3 W6 B( d5 v3 ]6 j$ z1 \. |
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
( G3 B+ T" Z( B( @. S放开市场将使电力价格上涨
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& j! r) @9 K$ }) n/ ?/ }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. 2 ^# [% ^# {& W3 U. Y
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 Z. @* |8 X3 }- v& b0 [8 s2 p9 }
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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.
. K: x7 y/ ]" r9 L6 ]6 ^; w0 s( i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* ]( |' I% s7 g
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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." ; |0 ` N: d c. t" U# y- t
“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。”3 n: u3 m7 G/ j/ W- g4 o
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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.
3 F3 H- A: f2 g$ o6 B& 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。0 E9 k* J- t8 C% J. w4 G* ~3 k
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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.
8 O* R! a i; u3 ^- `& R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。( t$ z' Z1 ~9 ?6 W* q" 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. 1 w1 Y3 g3 M! K$ i# h2 x7 d7 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. # v6 u) \) \% r- k
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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" j' f$ q& W! X: Q" D& fLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 }+ A9 @9 Y ~/ 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。( @4 \' u3 D( ^2 g; f% j, b
+ @( I9 p5 r: n"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 8 u6 E1 X D+ p$ \
“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.
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p+ G# l. v! Y0 B; ]"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." * D& v, ?6 F9 E. r
“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。” `; o5 F l4 r+ d' G. Y! U
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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."
( X5 J) F. k* f- S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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