{"623556":{"#nid":"623556","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgians Could Be Less Able to Control Power Bills by Reducing Use","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, a\u0026nbsp;Regents\u0026#39; and Brook\u0026nbsp;Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ein the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in an\u0026nbsp;article entitled \u0026ldquo;Georgians Could Be Less Able to Control Power Bills by Reducing Use\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAJC\u003C\/em\u003E, July 18.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026#39;s an excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESizzling temperatures mean Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s air conditioners are churning and bills are rising. But millions of Georgians may soon have less ability to reduce their electric bills just by easing back on the AC and turning off lights.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Power has asked state regulators to let it nearly double a fixed fee included on customers\u0026rsquo; monthly bills. The increase,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/georgia-power-bills-could-rise-billion-rate-increase-proposed\/RbrV522vtw0236tn2swIYO\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epart of a broader $2.2 billion rate increase the company recently requested,\u003C\/a\u003Ewould the give Georgia Power one of the highest fixed base charges among major utilities nationwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/georgians-could-less-able-control-power-bills-reducing-use\/KGL06HDrmaXZ8ptLm96i1I\/\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-07-19 18:43:07","changed_gmt":"2019-07-19 18:43:07","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"big tech","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/georgians-could-less-able-control-power-bills-reducing-use\/KGL06HDrmaXZ8ptLm96i1I\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617552":{"id":"617552","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1549654607","gmt_created":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","changed":"1549654607","gmt_changed":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235058","name":"Brown Portrait High Res 2018.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1084696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png?itok=xDn4Rjz4"}}},"media_ids":["617552"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"9928","name":"AJC"}],"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":""}}}