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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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California Mandates Solar Panels on New Homes Under 4 Stories by 2020
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday May 12 2018, @07:34PM (2 children)
Exactly...
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The question was rhetorical. But in a nutshell:
1) Phoenix666 blames free market for the housing problem, suggests government step in
2) AC points out that the government ALREADY controls every aspect of building in CA, and therefore Phoenix666's expecting government to fix it has already proven a failed course of action, but in any event, the current situation is not the Free Market's fault because there is no free market in housing, and there hasn't been such for 50 years.
The housing industry in California is not dying. Its just building what it is allowed to build.
ALL OF THAT says nothing about the requirement to start requiring solar on houses, because that does NOT increase the cost of housing over the mid term. (For California, the Average savings per year of the average solar installation is $1709.4 ($142.45 per month), Estimated time for the system to pay for itself: 12 years, 4 months). [decisiondata.org]
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Sunday May 13 2018, @05:42AM (1 child)
I love how many people are reacting as if a $5k to $10k system was that big of a deal on a new building. As if the law didn't include an exception for really cheap (e.g. mobile) homes.
Do they realise that we could save buyers a lot of upfront cash by not mandating that houses have electricity, plumbing, HVAC, or insulation, too?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 20 2018, @03:21AM
How many times can California mandate the addition of $5 to $10k systems on houses? I bet it's a lot more than once.