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Warning from consumer advocate group
$ A5 @& R7 v( YBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN' E0 J; |( j# u4 S' k1 \- ?& o
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html
$ g s- z5 Y) _3 E, j/ `6 {3 i" M放开市场将使电力价格上涨3 c: K3 v4 n$ k, `, j& b
来自消费者维权组织的警告- [1 @2 g+ I1 k' T. F8 s; C+ Q2 S- m
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报! B9 x4 d; Q& F; w
! ]2 p. n* i s, O3 q2 DAlbertans 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: F7 g4 Y1 e# L n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。3 l) ^* Z! C* Q, G1 k
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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.
% K6 r# a; \% ~/ {' L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9 U- t1 N' G' y9 v) P
: t! q9 B k& k/ 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."
1 P1 K: b; _; o, f* J“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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+ Q. o, p9 @* O0 l4 {7 r6 \" ^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.
# n* q- W( p# 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。
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- f4 w+ h! S$ [If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
4 H) R+ w X- _- X9 T, b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。$ ^: X9 c& r; J. s, {7 m
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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
# T4 n6 x# A( d+ p/ h) p. `' 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.
/ ?6 e: `' L( f, R# u: r省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划
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Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work. ) P5 S- b3 J7 y+ J
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 i q8 Q7 _1 Y“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。“# X! M. v1 l( a% m# a
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. ; m1 }" D: I" U! m
埃尔伯达能源部发言人当娜.麦口称麦当劳为先知先觉。 u* T/ Z0 G1 U$ y7 o
; K: j0 U: h5 q4 L4 c# |"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."
4 l' p$ O- [9 T' Z“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."
7 d9 I( L* |( d$ 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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