{"548471":{"#nid":"548471","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Report: Clean Energy Plan Will Cut Electric Bills","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA write up on \u003Cem\u003EPublic News Service\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ereviewed a report\u0026nbsp;by Marilyn Brown, Ph.D., the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithout changes in the way electricity is produced and how it is used, Floridians will likely see a nearly 17 percent increase in their electric bills over the next 15 years, according to a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut the study also says that doesn\u0027t have to happen. The report finds that implementing the Obama administration\u0027s Clean Power Plan could halt that increase, saving the average Florida household more than $2,600 over the same period.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, a Georgia Tech professor and the study\u2019s author, says the report clarifies a lot of misinformation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of analysts say that the Clean Power Plan is going to bankrupt the nation,\u201d she relates. \u201cBut what we\u0027re showing is in fact, if done wisely, we can save consumers money and also prevent fossil fuels from heating up the planet.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe full article can be read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.publicnewsservice.org\/2016-06-27\/energy-policy\/report-clean-energy-plan-will-cut-electric-bills\/a52633-1\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-06-27 11:45:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:14","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"feminist teaching","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.publicnewsservice.org\/2016-06-27\/energy-policy\/report-clean-energy-plan-will-cut-electric-bills\/a52633-1","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"169200","name":"clean power plan"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}