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Warning from consumer advocate group
1 {6 Z% E2 s3 R% e! IBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
2 \) G4 X6 m& lhttp://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
7 ]1 `1 B2 u; X( G2 N! X" R% [放开市场将使电力价格上涨# p' T6 d: y4 J. f- U
来自消费者维权组织的警告
4 ]9 V1 m3 O$ w# p# {作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报- [" w- [) n9 H) |5 J# ^6 c0 o5 A
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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. 7 l4 W9 o9 u' z" g j
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。2 T! q* G" _4 J: R N( x
' a% Y4 o9 @6 Y t9 |% i; S V9 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. ; h; i1 p! m3 ^! a* u! s
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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# B$ q) C" r7 D"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."
( s5 R. T1 ]( V4 f; P5 J& M L7 U“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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; o5 ~. Y$ N0 z& k4 N: pWhile 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 x( v& F4 `/ C) P/ L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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U6 d- x! f: d5 v( UIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. & M1 ]0 O& }% O# x6 b# ^
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. 8 ~- c' a: O8 B* P2 E( m
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。; `( M) `" ~( ], T7 Q
, N8 U& X5 `: g. b8 qThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
: ^+ s5 E+ C& q( I) q o省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 s: q8 o) L. m% p' t
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
$ L4 e4 a4 p5 I+ p x0 k# I4 ^% S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。# x1 E/ K: \1 z" D
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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 7 D# c6 J; L0 ?) ^3 D! {
“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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0 Q7 q! v) n y+ Y+ e' |Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
7 L7 e6 N0 v- K; I' x( F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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6 }1 P- t* C% R' M$ |4 O"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."
, Z# V; f) a4 c. `. \. V/ W“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。”% b- ^$ R2 o* o! B. B
7 P7 d/ J! X+ 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." " i; d% _) e8 R2 U) \, N( G8 y5 o
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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