Through a unanimous vote of its five-member Energy Commission, California moved to become the first state to require that solar panels be included on all new homes and low-rise apartment buildings. “This is huge,” Rachel Golden, senior campaign representative for the Sierra Club, told Bloomberg. “It’s a cost-effective measure that is going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support growth in renewable clean energy.” However, critics warn that the requirement, which will take effect in 2020, will drive up the cost of buying a house by some $10,000.
Source: AP