They require all new single family homes along with new multifamily residences up to three stories tall like condominiums to be constructed with solar panels on their roofs or powered by a.
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 law requires all new homes to have solar panels.