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Deregulated power could inflate prices
0 N3 V2 i" @; ?* K' ~3 SWarning from consumer advocate group
( G" O6 v+ ?3 c( [9 U/ ~( W7 NBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' l' A$ z1 N1 |/ L9 M
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨
. `: k. c) m' U( t1 M来自消费者维权组织的警告" ]% t& w% c5 X8 a( w3 |9 ~/ s
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报, R9 F' t+ x v2 n
) I6 D9 c' B% p( H+ E4 L1 \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. " Z% }. z9 Q( G3 z& h t6 ]2 @1 O# o
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。) U7 R/ K! q2 Y L/ B% D1 E$ ~# n
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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. / P0 C; R& z: n8 M0 [4 `/ J' N) X
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7 e I8 R* E5 j2 b
3 V$ h. _, ^" E) [$ w0 m8 T1 w4 W"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 t0 u7 q9 x, f
“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。”- b. R" @2 V6 X2 Z1 p
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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.
( g5 O0 o; L4 `( Y; f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。, H( B. |3 X( O6 q: N8 W; t
( J6 ?9 b' ~/ [) o7 fIf the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
& O; I( {2 J& n H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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1 n; ]' }4 e5 ?/ E- a0 U1 |8 q5 NIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
% P+ G+ h" b" H0 A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。( [ ?' [9 m/ x( F! b9 U$ ]# b% |7 d0 g
( V& ~4 {$ j& [# ?* KThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
" Z6 M. T$ k7 ]! q1 k4 f) v省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划$ U+ \+ v$ s* T' R4 l8 a9 b# ~
2 _) m& p9 M% Z4 {. ^/ B5 RLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
; K6 _6 |/ p$ N c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。6 ~, N. Q' j/ r* n/ v$ y7 K5 W$ ^
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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.
" N' \& [3 V6 d# K: A5 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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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 6 G D" A$ G7 S6 ~
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." - A- H( X4 r5 z) 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。”6 b& @/ u+ n* a! z% F* R( d2 v
1 {7 p3 T) [. [3 H& T0 ZWhile critics reject claims that competition keeps the price of deregulated energy down, McColl maintains that competition in the utilities industry has been "very healthy."
6 ^' i! V% Q; m7 I$ 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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