{"623416":{"#nid":"623416","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"2019\u2019s Most \u0026 Least Energy-Expensive States","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Public Policy Associate\u0026nbsp;Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/matisoff\u0022\u003EDaniel Matisoff\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was quoted in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/energy-costs-by-state\/4833\/#expert=daniel-matisoff\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;2019\u0026rsquo;s Most \u0026amp; Least Energy-Expensive States\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWalletHub,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EJuly 3.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Get ready to crank up your air conditioner \u0026mdash; and utility budget. July\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/weather.com\/science\/news\/warmest-day-year-map-noaa-ncdc-20140626\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Etends to be the hottest month\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the year. So if you\u0026rsquo;re trying to beat the heat, this month\u0026rsquo;s higher-than-usual power bill could burn a hole through your wallet.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the U.S., energy costs eat between\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.americaspower.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Family-Energy-Costs-2016.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E5 and 22 percent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of families\u0026rsquo; total after-tax income, with the poorest Americans, or 25 million households, paying the highest of that range. And lower energy prices don\u0026rsquo;t necessarily equate to savings. Where we live and how much energy we use are a big part of the equation.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPublic Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/energy-costs-by-state\/4833\/#expert=daniel-matisoff\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-07-15 22:11:10","changed_gmt":"2019-07-15 22:11:10","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"gt japanese","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/energy-costs-by-state\/4833\/#expert=daniel-matisoff","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405851":{"id":"405851","type":"image","title":"Daniel Matisoff","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Daniel Matisoff","file":{"fid":"76110","name":"danielmatisoffweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danielmatisoffweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danielmatisoffweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":47789,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/danielmatisoffweb.jpg?itok=dxf_75UL"}}},"media_ids":["405851"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14778","name":"Daniel Matisoff"}],"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":""}}}