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

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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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday May 12 2018, @05:00PM (1 child)

    by Whoever (4524) on Saturday May 12 2018, @05:00PM (#678872) Journal

    You don't get a McMansion for $1.4M today.

    A million dollars buys just an average house is large parts of CA. The average price of houses sold in San Jose is close to $1M. Where I live, 2000 sq ft ranch-style houses cost almost $2M.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 13 2018, @02:35AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 13 2018, @02:35AM (#679037) Journal

    Ahhh, the cost of having the fifth largest economy in the world, right? Everything is grossly overpriced and overvalued.