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.

1 requiring all newly. 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. California governor gavin newsom signed into law last week financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar energy. California became the first state in the nation to make solar mandatory for new houses.

The law requires all new homes to have solar panels. But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan. 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 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 already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.