California to require all new homes to have solar panels starting in 2020 there will be intended and unintended consequences.
Ca to force all new homes to have solar panels.
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 law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
Beginning in 2020 newly constructed homes must have solar panels which could be costly for homeowners.
The energy commission estimates that solar panels will save homeowners an average of 19 000 over 30 years but add roughly 8 400 to the upfront cost of a single family home probably pricing.
Roughly 110 000 new housing units are built every year in california.
Overall 6 6 of california homes now have solar panels.
Lower emissions statewide lower energy bills and more solar jobs.
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.