California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.
California require solar panels on nearly all new homes 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.
That s because the california energy commission recently voted to make them mandatory on all new single family homes and small apartment buildings beginning in 2020.
The recommended energy efficiency standards will be added to building regulations and requirements at some point this year.
The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
Set to take effect in 2020 the new standard includes an exemption for houses that are often shaded from the sun.
California lawmakers on wednesday officially approved a measure that mandates all homes built in the golden state in 2020 and beyond be solar powered.
1 requiring all newly.
But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.
Starting in 2020 california will become the first state in the nation to require all newly built homes to be solar powered.
And many developers are figuring out how to comply with the new rules.
The new standards were approved earlier this.
It s a really big deal.
Solar panels will be a required feature on new houses in california after the state s building standards commission gave final approval to a housing rule that s the first of its kind in the united states.
The california energy commission approved a plan in a 5 0 vote requiring all newly constructed homes to have rooftop solar going into effect in 2020.