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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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, w$ k, U( e' k+ _By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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1 P" m! ?# I0 l% S放开市场将使电力价格上涨
" Z0 j3 V" o( L# R! T3 f* s来自消费者维权组织的警告* C% x1 M5 L/ l7 S7 M; G
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. 9 T- P% Y/ H. u2 ~! ~% ]# k
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。' C3 N5 h+ Y' J# O5 _
, |8 @, m1 |6 O% g0 WJim 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. 0 m. J; \+ z; P9 B
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% E& J+ [/ j5 A3 ^9 {6 E- F% e
) O. H4 y+ v ]7 x"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." + H# ~6 l Z! K& \9 H8 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。”
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4 k, e- P/ R' J2 Z4 ?5 @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.
+ m( G0 Y3 F9 R' W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.
% \! e3 V' v6 y" T- D7 ]3 S: |" Z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.
) | _: I9 b1 g" 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.
9 @' Q7 j/ |/ y. x8 a5 F7 b省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划7 b$ C" H, Q. z5 {8 F, n/ H; i2 f
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
1 Z% ^' Y" E( Y# x# \+ G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.
7 k* x1 _2 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。“7 D/ A; O( }6 P2 p
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. " j. P9 f2 B2 d8 ?8 _: v0 j1 l3 n
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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9 H( w/ F* X# w"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." * ^ S3 W1 X9 h y
“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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/ X) t: c/ H- F p: d/ @+ eWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
0 G% {% s% v7 {( q0 \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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