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Warning from consumer advocate group
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放开市场将使电力价格上涨: ]- d" r4 {' {0 s
来自消费者维权组织的警告
- J/ O9 b: C5 ~( j7 ?作者：麦克斯。毛弟 爱德蒙顿太阳报9 q, b! K+ y( U4 K
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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.
+ Q% x8 z+ Q# O5 C# C: g2 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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) \+ n5 k/ L' n+ F: x6 mJim 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.
( a; J2 n8 u# c$ Z2 W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." ! y2 J! v- B' h. Q
“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。”/ N ~7 ^# L$ B0 R! ]; S# O C
& `! u- K N7 P* h9 O& b1 |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.
! e9 j9 j, I3 o6 `" H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。/ Y7 ]& q# q. V/ L) R8 g# A
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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. / b" O7 q& k5 u g* E+ Z/ 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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In June, Alberta Energy delayed the plan to fully deregulate electricity, instead announcing a new five-year regulated rate option. , S! t/ B- R3 Y; w
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。% A0 q- `8 @# f3 {/ }1 V: s: u
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The province is scheduled to review the proposal in the fall of 2007.
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5 u/ [0 \" M2 X* |- |# xLiberal energy critic Hugh MacDonald said the province reined in its plan because it knows it won't work.
( a% a1 K! w) X% t) y9 R! v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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; ?/ R3 H# B4 T% k9 ?) `"We have to unplug deregulation," MacDonald said. "It may work for the producers, but it doesn't work for the consumers.
# P- h( c& }# C0 L“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.
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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." % B% a" `0 A; O- d# I
“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。”1 v% G4 F: J" |4 }( y. A
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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." / ?1 z/ v9 I* [5 I, p% d+ V8 ~. ~8 t
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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