California Passes Law To Install Solar Panel

By now you might have heard that california passed a law requiring all newly built homes to be equipped with a solar power system.

California passes law to install solar panel.

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. 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. 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. Beginning in 2020 newly constructed homes must have solar panels which could be costly for homeowners. 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. The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.

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.