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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN
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6 d8 V- O) t( q. z( V- N A来自消费者维权组织的警告
* `% E9 c3 a' C+ O+ V4 M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 }" V7 L+ E7 W! f
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。
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: v/ g" `! C5 i5 i( Z$ bJim 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. * @2 @8 r' F: `2 J3 L* a- h
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: ]5 d7 L1 t% [+ P6 W3 |, U
; p. y5 L# z# h% _. t"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."
! ~- Q% Z3 Y' O& X“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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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. 8 q g+ P) U: C: Y
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。# a8 |: a+ t$ c5 a. r4 k# P
# l; k: O3 v3 H5 ]3 M$ z4 GIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
, J$ t* p1 m9 k' L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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9 J5 v/ L; C) w& Y( @0 O$ ]% {In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
( E1 Z% p/ D7 }8 @6 v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。: Z" ]+ D3 x% H, t1 T. C$ r% `
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. 9 H5 C: s7 g$ v- u
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划% l" h7 b. n& O# I+ N2 k, k. T0 H
0 ~( x, h9 y1 C0 D$ [Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ; e) `; O1 ~1 l
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 p. G+ C' Z5 x$ S
' u' {) Z. x: f- k0 e. C9 e"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
% n2 e) c- h9 ^9 C“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.
, I; U( m- P6 J% B4 x埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。- v1 W. N9 d; J
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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." % F( }6 u* @. T7 p3 k
“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."
, d: E t! w. N9 e" R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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