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Deregulated power could inflate prices
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 03/1245981-sun.html) v9 U u/ B" J
放开市场将使电力价格上涨
7 V L: D+ H: C, i% ]( \6 m1 X来自消费者维权组织的警告
1 K& k9 ~# }: h: k9 I作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报# }1 j: n* X; {* t/ A0 J7 w; z
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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. + `) r& X8 R. a0 Q
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。) e) t r/ u, {) m6 K$ u
9 |+ o( ^- `$ z/ ~; j' J/ m9 gJim 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.
. `( r, ]8 m4 ^" T7 ~$ S+ w8 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
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/ Q( G: D0 b5 t$ n+ 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." " Z4 O# C: }9 n' f' i
“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。”" x7 s% I4 a% B3 e2 K
F" \% d# e$ lWhile 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. ( o1 O7 ~; }8 ]! u+ 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。
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If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
3 w: u9 Y9 W+ H' @1 ?( n0 t; J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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! E) ]$ j6 H* r# C6 ?7 JIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
: y( z V1 }* N' K& U9 h; j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。: E! m7 w# d2 y9 i+ C
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007. " t+ F% b: e: P7 ~' O8 d; \
省政府将于2007年重新审定放开市场的计划8 ]: J7 @* E, D( [4 g; v$ L7 D: ^
" o9 |* {/ D4 ~! K+ D$ l' ~Liberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
' v8 P2 r1 V1 n3 K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。5 {9 A0 T9 e7 `9 G$ l
& S5 l6 G; O9 Z4 ~. W. m- V& c"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers. Y& X4 a+ `% [- S7 e: 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。“8 {- ?2 S3 O8 n' A
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Alberta Energy spokesman Donna McColl said MacDonald is jumping the gun. 5 ]; G! u# F Q4 c
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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" L6 }% A; M# L! y7 i2 x E D; Q! y"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." ' J1 A. c# x+ e8 X/ b; V
“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."
/ O6 E9 J5 g6 d' W2 f7 l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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