{"580401":{"#nid":"580401","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Energy Efficiency, Clean Power Plan Would Cut Consumer Costs, Reduce Use of Dirty Fuel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy,\u0026nbsp;wrote \u0026quot;Energy Efficiency, Clean Power Plan Would Cut Consumer Costs, Reduce Use of Dirty Fuel\u0026quot; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESaporta Report\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a year marked by ever deepening political divides, an unlikely consensus has formed between Georgia regulators and environmental advocates: energy bills must remain affordable as we transition to a low-carbon economy. My research on sustainable energy policies and the electric utility industry demonstrates that we can best achieve this result by using innovative tools already available to us.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne year ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set the nation\u0026rsquo;s first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants. The\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cleanpowerplan\/clean-power-plan-existing-power-plants\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClean Power Plan\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;addresses the largest source of the pollution driving climate change and is the centerpiece of President Obama\u0026rsquo;s climate action plan, as well as the linchpin of the U.S. commitment to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2015\/12\/12\/world\/paris-climate-change-deal-explainer.html?_r=0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EParis climate agreement\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saportareport.com\/energy-efficiency-clean-power-plan-cut-consumer-costs-reduce-use-dirty-fuel\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-09-21 13:14:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:25","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/energy-efficiency-clean-power-plan-cut-consumer-costs-reduce-use-dirty-fuel\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}