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Marilyn A. Brown is a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she created and directs the Climate and Energy Policy Lab. Her research focuses on the design and modeling of energy and climate policies, with an emphasis on the electric utility industry, energy efficiency, and resources on the customer side of the meter. Since 2010, she has been a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority where her efforts have helped put the agency on a track to reduce its CO2 emissions in 2020 by 40% below 2005. She has authored more than 250 publications and six books. Among her honors and awards, she is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for co-authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Mitigation of Climate Change. She has served on eight committees of the National Academies and is in her second term on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee.

Recent Posts by Marilyn Brown

• Reducing the Energy Burden on Low-Income Americans
• The ITC Ruling: Could the Cure Kill the Patient?
• If Cities and States Can Cut CO2 Without Raising Energy Bills, Shouldn't They?
• Getting Past Rate Fixation to the Benefits of the Clean Power Plan
• Managing Energy Demand: Can We? Should We?
• Will the Bonanza of Cheap Natural Gas Postpone the Transition to a Clean Energy Future?
• The High Cost of Clean Energy Standards without Efficiency

Recent Comments by Marilyn Brown

• "Sabrina, You know me--I'm going to vote for tackling the energy waste in low-income multifamily buildings, which is not an easy problem but is a great"
  But First, Energy Efficiency
• "John, I agree with you that air source heat pumps are increasingly considered efficient choices in colder climates. For a long time now, the IEA HP Ce"
  Reducing the Energy Burden on Low-Income Americans
• "You've provided a great list of alternative approaches to on-bill financing, and you rightly emphasize that broader partnerships are important. Engagi"
  Reducing the Energy Burden on Low-Income Americans
• "Hi Charles, I'm with you that taxing carbon to account for its environmental and human health damages would be the efficient way to cut CO2 emissions."
  The Green New Deal and Economic Security
• "The proposal for a “Green New Deal” to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States within a decade is a laudable example of climate"
  The Green New Deal and Economic Security
• "The mounting evidence about the causes and costs of climate change should help enact bills such as the Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act recen"
  A Democratic approach to energy: promote the interests of citizens, not industry
• "Ross, Your analogy to the wind industry is so apropos: its fortunes, workforce, and technological progress waxed and waned as a result of the on-again"
  The ITC Ruling: Could the Cure Kill the Patient?
• "Xiaojing, Your whack-a-mole analogy is so apropos. China and other solar panel manufacturers particularly in Southeast Asia can be very nimble. It is "
  The ITC Ruling: Could the Cure Kill the Patient?
• "Scott, Thanks for your thoughtful comments, as usual. I agree that tens of thousands of U.S. jobs in solar component manufacturing and solar installat"
  The ITC Ruling: Could the Cure Kill the Patient?
• "The U.S. must stay in the Paris Accord to help combat the clear and present danger of climate change. If the U.S. d"
  Ramifications of Paris Exit