Starting january 1st 2020 virtually all new homes built in california will be equipped with solar panels.
Mandatory solar panels.
The law will reduce energy bills and emissions but it will raise the cost of a new home.
As it stands now just 15 to 20 percent of california homes are equipped with solar panels but on wednesday the california energy commission voted in favor of new solar standards mandating that solar arrays be included on all new single family homes and multi family structures up to three stories.
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.