The california energy commission estimated its rooftop solar requirement would save the average single family home.
California solar panel requirement for home.
California predicts mandatory solar panel installations will add nearly 10 000 to the upfront cost of a home money that will be recouped through energy savings.
Roughly 110 000 new housing units are built every year in california.
Rooftop solar installers say the program would be a bad deal for many consumers.
A new california law set to take effect in 2020 is expected to make the price of new homes in the state thousands of dollars more expensive.
The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
Solar panels will be a required feature on virtually every new home built in california under a policy advanced wednesday by california regulators again putting the state in the forefront of.