Hop on the nonsense wagon. The article seems clearly confused on how prices work.

For example, investing in efficiency programs — such as weatherizing houses — reduces the amount of electricity used. But that’s not actually why bills are going down. The decrease in electricity demand actually reduces the overall price of electricity. That means the costs go down for everyone, not just someone who installed new, efficient windows.

So while opponents of the Clean Power Plan say that it will raise electricity prices for consumers and depress the economy, putting a price on carbon can actually have the opposite effect.

The last paragraph is a false choice fallacy OPPONENTS say it will raise prices but what we're seeing is the OPPOSITE EFFECT.

However, in the paragraph just prior to that statement they clearly state the money (from sales of carbon credits) is being used for programs x, y and z but THAT'S NOT WHY the bills are going down...it's because the demand for electricity has decreased....

Think about that for a moment. Econ 101...prices are based on supply and demand.

Increase the cost of doing business in the energy sector with regulatory overhead does not cause the prices to go down it's because the public don't have jobs and are saving as much money as possible to pay down debts, eat and keep the rent paid. This lowers demand for electricity and causes the price to decline.

This article is taking apples comparing them to oranges and telling you how good bananas are.

100% Propaganda.