Csd ca gov california lawmakers on wednesday officially approved a measure that mandates all homes built in the.
Ca mandate for solar panels.
But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.
On may 9 2018 the state upped the ante with the california energy commission unanimously approving a plan that mandates all new homes and apartment buildings must have some form of solar power.
1 calls for new single family houses or low rise apartments to install solar panels.
In short california s rooftop solar mandate will radically expand the rooftop solar market drive down residential solar costs in other markets and states shift more power into consumer hands.
Alternately utilities and organizations can apply to the california energy.
California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.
The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
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.
Recently california became the first state in the nation to make solar mandatory for new houses.
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 mandate that took effect jan.
California homes built in 2020 and later will be required to install solar panels.
1 requiring all newly.
What is the california solar mandate.
Beginning in 2020 newly constructed homes must have solar panels which could be costly for.
This progressive ruling is the first of its kind in the us and is leading the nation to a cleaner energy future.