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Deregulated power could inflate prices
/ l7 I9 S# A, l. dWarning from consumer advocate group
5 {4 ?* @8 T# t$ ~. X) K7 IBy MAX MAUDIE, EDMONTON SUN# v% y3 y6 J' h+ c- A/ L# t. d
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨" T6 \ g% D& ]! v1 Z! ^
来自消费者维权组织的警告' L4 l& K2 M- Z! F- \
作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报
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* S$ k) w7 R4 X1 g. L4 J" uAlbertans 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.
$ h5 R/ _/ C: ~; A" h9 m+ m: ]3 t3 h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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5 f' C) u8 ]8 w0 W2 V5 pJim 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.
# ` g } |: F. S+ A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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"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." ( y6 Y7 ~% f2 B1 B l: R
“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。”( K1 ]; W8 [. l. P+ x9 Q! k+ X' V
+ @0 w& Y3 U; s! g& Y8 Z* DWhile 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.
& e/ ]8 }# f7 m; H9 u: k* M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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( l7 o2 G2 c) |If the province doesn't carefully manage that shift, power bills in every corner of the province could see huge swings, Wachowich warns.
8 N. [2 s% U" 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。' _3 J8 |) w8 \. Z5 i1 u
. C% I% q( H. w% G8 V2 a. b0 R4 qIn June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option.
5 ?( f1 [4 D# h8 w" O M/ 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。5 r9 k6 e+ @4 _& r% O
" |; H0 Q' b* U$ lThe province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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" ]4 p- d( K$ zLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
+ j" r0 u& P0 ]% c% D8 D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。* R, Y9 c# L. F6 N
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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.
6 Z3 P3 g* J5 j7 J“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. 7 e* z* o0 I5 g# ^8 T7 B
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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- K, U: P1 {* g6 H' `; r) K# H"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." * e8 b% z$ Z( e' ~- S% \
“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。”, X8 S# r5 i3 k% B
! b9 ^$ b* A. Q8 _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." * C1 Q6 c3 T& w. z+ g: 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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