California Making Solar Panels Mandatory

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The brutal real estate market in California is about to get even worse as a new law will make costs go up even further.

Hot Air reports the California state government is preparing to pass a new law which will mandate that every new house, condo or other building up to three stories high must have solar panels installed and comply with a “net-zero energy” profile – meaning they produce enough of their own solar power to offset all electricity off the grid.

The California Energy Commission is scheduled to vote Wednesday to make solar standard on virtually every new home built.

If approved as expected, solar installations on new homes will skyrocket. The new requirements will increase the construction costs of a single family home by $25,000 to $30,000.

 Corrie O'Connor