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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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( x+ J0 v0 s2 EBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
3 D$ c+ m4 T- G5 S来自消费者维权组织的警告, i# y$ L3 Y) }" t4 f
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. 6 e2 R6 ]. Y0 H
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。/ s+ ~1 Z2 Z' a0 V, S, z
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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.
" c6 t% c' s9 {$ ~9 E' M/ A8 K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." : [4 L( n- H9 o% h q
“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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' I+ W) _ h$ k+ wWhile 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.
6 h; {5 w; Z: 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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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns. & L. q- a; L: u1 r; F. A- T0 _- i3 y5 ?
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.
$ \1 i m, f, p* o P! V) z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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. S% d p7 q# ^& s# P+ xThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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" V- ^% ~. q1 nLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
9 e i1 t9 |" `+ c4 W8 B K0 a0 n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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"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. 4 l/ K O8 H- u4 r0 d! k
“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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6 t* E. z1 L8 [. k( |Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun.
D! u2 d5 Y8 V" B" E6 b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." 2 N8 U' d! e2 f3 V9 q
“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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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."
' N$ i# z0 s# m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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