But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.
California new law on solar panels.
1 will require solar panels to be installed causing housing prices to rise but lowering.
New homes built in california after jan.
The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
Earlier this month california became the first state to require all new homes to have solar power.
A big change is coming to california s housing market in 2020.
The mandate which comes from the california energy commission cec will take effect in 2020 making solar power even more common in a state that already boasts about half the country s solar generating capacity.
But it s starting to look like the mandate wasn t quite a mandate.
California became the first state in the nation last year to require solar panels on newly built homes.
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.