California Passes Law To Install Solar Panel

The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.

California passes law to install solar panel. A new california law set to take effect in 2020 is expected to make the price of new homes in the state thousands of dollars more expensive. The california solar mandate is part of an initiative by the california energy commission to have at least 50 of the state s energy produced from clean energy sources by 2030. California governor gavin newsom signed into law last week financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar energy. On tuesday sebastapol a small town in the sonoma valley become the second city in the state to pass an ordinance requiring all new buildings and additions to put up solar voltaic panels.

1 requiring all newly. California became the first state in the nation to make solar mandatory for new houses. California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state. California regulators on wednesday unanimously approved a historic plan that will require most new homes in the state have rooftop solar panels that turn sunlight into electricity starting in 2020.

The law ab 1208 authored by assemblymember phil ting d san francisco extends a prohibition on cities and counties taxing the energy generated by rooftop solar panels for use by homeowners and businesses.