But it s starting to look like the mandate wasn t quite a mandate.
California new law on solar panels.
California already generates more electricity from solar power than any other state.
1 will require solar panels to be installed causing housing prices to rise but lowering.
1 requiring all newly.
A big change is coming to california s housing market in 2020.
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.
California became the first state in the nation last year to require solar panels on newly built homes.
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.
The law requires all new homes to have solar panels.
But now a dramatic expansion is about to begin as new building codes take effect jan.