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Marilyn BrownMarilyn Brown, a Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in an article entitled “Georgians Could Be Less Able to Control Power Bills by Reducing Use” for AJC, July 18.
Here's an excerpt:
Sizzling temperatures mean Atlanta’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.
Georgia Power has asked state regulators to let it nearly double a fixed fee included on customers’ monthly bills. The increase, part of a broader $2.2 billion rate increase the company recently requested,would the give Georgia Power one of the highest fixed base charges among major utilities nationwide.
The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
