Solar roof mandate 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.
Ca votes to require rooftop solar panels on new homes.
State on wednesday to require solar panels on almost all new homes sending the clearest signal yet that rooftop power is moving beyond a niche market and becoming the norm.
But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.
1 requiring all newly.
Most new units built after jan.
1 2020 will be required to include solar systems as.
California votes to require rooftop solar power on new homes will wade bloomberg news bloomberg california became the first u s.
California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.
To require solar panels on almost all new homes.
11 2019 when the energy commission approved the requirement for solar panels on new homes it also gave builders the option.
California might not require solar panels on new homes after all nov.
The energy commission voted in may 2018 to require that most new single family homes as well as multifamily residential buildings up to three stories be built with solar panels.