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Deregulated power could inflate prices3 _0 z' I5 `1 B3 C/ F5 s
Warning from consumer advocate group; Q& M- N- s+ x
By MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' R, ~# D, K0 Y2 a8 L( I+ o" @
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
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2 b8 ~# u T2 h0 W/ o% r& z) i来自消费者维权组织的警告/ \; w+ p: q3 f, S% ]3 ]# U; W- u
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. / @/ o# r% O- x7 d
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。! b. ]4 e# v7 u
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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.
. c& T' t( V) t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1 x* J+ o. Z2 T F/ T
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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." & ^5 G* u6 |% `2 T# _9 t3 C) 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。”* K! J9 x2 D* n' }" g* [5 g$ |
* b: A) x0 ^' y; ^ EWhile 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. . t8 v/ G& z: o2 @
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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. s9 q8 y8 d" x/ ^If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
% O& \* w7 x5 W0 _& ^. M' L7 r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.
3 \( p% x2 z* x' H/ f% X! C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。0 T: R& F6 y& N4 K% ~/ V
" \' c' y" G, D; D; m+ p$ Z0 {$ bThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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% k! r/ U$ f$ ?1 uLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
" O& t, \, h4 T1 X& N% S0 O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. 5 o7 ^3 `; ^, g/ M7 n
“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。“" Y- ?- w0 o8 n' E
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. - C) o; {( W2 W, v$ D; m) M$ A
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."
3 ?( N* C& w" C0 C4 q; C _6 A4 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。”" H0 p6 m, q2 j* N/ R* V
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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."
- F- |4 K7 q6 X- [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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