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Georgia Power solar program hits limit

Photo courtesy Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald

It’s getting more urgent than ever to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to minimize the devastation of climate change, according to a landmark report last week.

Solar panels are cheaper than ever, but for Georgia Power customers, it’s not quite that simple. Most still need to get some of their electricity from the utility -- and a program that made that mix of power sources affordable has just filled up. GPB’s Emily Jones reports.

Emily Jones locally hosts Morning Edition and reports on all things coastal Georgia for GPB’s Savannah bureau. Before coming to GPB, she studied broadcast journalism at the Columbia Journalism School and urban history at Brown University. She’s worked for the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, WHYY in Philadelphia, and WBRU and RIPR in Providence. In addition to anchoring and reporting news at WBRU, Emily hosted the alt-rock station’s Retro Lunch as her DJ alter-ego, Domino.
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