{"670211":{"#nid":"670211","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Solar and Equity Panel at the Georgia Solar Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis panel is part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/events\/item\/670208\/georgia-solar-summit\u0022\u003EGeorgia Solar Summit 2023.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ticket fees will be waived for the first 20 students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gasolar.memberclicks.net\/index.php?option=com_mcform\u0026amp;view=ngforms\u0026amp;id=2178215#!\/\u0022\u003Eto register.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClean energy leader and the primary sponsor for this year\u0027s event, Regents\u0027 and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, has assembled an all-female all-star research and solar advocacy panel to discuss the important role that solar energy plays in the quest for a fair and equitable transition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn will introduce the National Academies report on net energy metering, the chapter she led on equity, and the debate about \u0022cost shifts\u0022 from rooftop solar owners to others.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarys Behnke\u003C\/strong\u003E, ORISE Science \u0026amp; Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, will review her research from her graduate thesis at Georgia State University on rooftop solar uptake in the City of Atlanta, which concludes that the uptake of rooftop solar in Black neighborhoods in Atlanta is not a depiction of equity, but a display of ongoing gentrification and the pushing out of Atlanta\u0027s black population overall.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELaura Taylor\u003C\/strong\u003E, Interim Director of the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech, will lead an in-depth discussion about utility-scale solar, land values, and the impact of solar on land values and vice versa. A discussion will follow this segment and open to the audience for a robust Q\u0026amp;A session.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe transition to a clean energy future will only happen once, and it is incumbent upon all of us in this space to ensure the transition is inclusive and that the benefits go to the whole rather than the few. 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