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Deregulated power could inflate prices) j3 a/ ]) J" J: G) M& T$ C
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨/ b5 F+ S# u3 u' r. O9 R% q
来自消费者维权组织的警告
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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.
8 l- A* f- k# I3 q3 s+ g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。- g( I9 y7 M5 W" _0 D' |
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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.
) g" W; g, x6 p( 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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, c' Q S. @! F# h"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." ; }6 T: m" i2 a" R0 P; e
“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 |0 ~% N+ ?2 x, `9 c3 fWhile 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 V6 S* E, \2 e% A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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5 }, q" \1 N( A x( h3 LIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
# y2 @ `' z( \, d0 V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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/ O: B6 t& B: _7 O1 h( hIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
, {' I3 L3 z- e8 {$ v- 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。
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$ [! w! d3 ~: m" q- ^5 ?The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. $ i0 f5 S' y( @+ G' L
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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, y$ ^. M8 H2 T, O" aLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. - I% E6 ~, Q* H) k- X! m
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。* ^) u Y0 o$ A; ~
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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.
$ g) `% N0 _5 c5 P2 j0 ]2 H“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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( v& n1 J/ O6 [ t, DAlberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. $ _, W" e& l- T2 K8 w8 `% Z9 y+ @
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。% B0 Y; v9 D0 ?$ W V
' }; \7 P, W/ f8 w% Q+ w* P"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."
3 k* C4 d9 D5 [$ B: `! o“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."
. j( ^$ E2 k, v# L4 i/ 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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