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California Mandates Solar Panels on New Homes Under 4 Stories by 2020

posted by mrpg on Saturday May 12 2018, @06:14AM   
from the cool-story-bro dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Right now, about one in five new homes in California comes with solar panels already installed. In two years, it will be all of them.

On Wednesday, California Energy Commission's vote was unanimous: California will soon become the first state to require solar panels on all new homes and on residential buildings smaller than four stories.

The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2020, specifies the minimum size of the system would be based on the size of the building and can vary between 2 and 7 kilowatts of output per dwelling.

California mandates solar panels on all new homes by 2020

Also at https://www.nytimes.com

An editorial in the Los Angeles Times expresses support for the measure.

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• Re:Orange Anus's Tariffs Re:Orange Anus's Tariffs (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:04AM (1 child)

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:04AM (#678747) Homepage

  And the utilities will further jack up their costs to recoup some of their lost earnings.

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• Re:Orange Anus's Tariffs (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday May 12 2018, @11:41AM

  by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday May 12 2018, @11:41AM (#678779) Journal

  Yes, and as they do that the cost-benefit calculation to drop the grid or zero out your consumption entirely becomes more attractive.

  That is the game the utilities will play--you're right about that--but it's the game the don't want to play.

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  Washington DC delenda est.

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