California Requiring New Houses To Have Solar Panels

California has approved a new requirement that houses in the state are built with solar power electric systems from 2020.

California requiring new houses to have solar panels.

The state s energy commission is expected to approve new energy standards that. The law requires all new homes to have solar panels. 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. New homes built in california after jan.

Solar systems must be sized to offset 100 of the home s electricity usage but homes can still use energy from other sources like gas. There s no question that solar power is entering the mainstream but california is about to give it a giant boost. The mandate is aimed at reducing california s overall greenhouse gas emissions. When the energy commission approved the requirement for solar panels on new homes it also gave builders.

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 california building standards commission cbsc has approved a new solar power law that requires houses built in the state from 2020 to include rooftop solar panels. California will still require rooftop solar panels on new homes at least for now. But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.

1 requiring all newly. 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. California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.

California has become the first state in the country to require that all new houses have solar panels.