1 will require solar panels to be installed causing housing prices to rise but lowering.
California new law on solar panels.
New homes built in california after jan.
The mandate which comes from the california energy commission cec will take effect in 2020 making solar power even more common in a state that already boasts about half the country s solar generating capacity.
A big change is coming to california s housing market in 2020.
California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.
Earlier this month california became the first state to require all new homes to have solar power.
California became the first state in the nation last year to require solar panels on newly built homes.
1 requiring all newly.
But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.
But it s starting to look like the mandate wasn t quite a mandate.