{"126331":{"#nid":"126331","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"On Breaking Myths about Electricity in the South","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMyths and Facts about Electricity in the U.S. South\u201d [a November 2011 study by School of Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown with colleagues at Duke University]\u0026nbsp;finds that energy efficiency and renewable energy are able to work hand-in-hand to meet the projected growth of electricity demand in the South without escalating electricity rates. Aside from price increases that would occur over time without an RES\u0026nbsp;[Renewable Energy Standard], the study\u2019s modeling shows that over the next two decades, the average household in the South would see less than a $2 increase in its monthly energy bills under an RES.\u0022 \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biomassmagazine.com\/articles\/6298\/setting-an-energy-standard\/\u0022\u003EBiomass Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E - April 25, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-04-26 10:55:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:37","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"poets","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/biomassmagazine.com\/articles\/6298\/setting-an-energy-standard\/","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"6446","name":"energy policy"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"31661","name":"RES"}],"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":""}}}