California to become first U.S. state mandating solar on new homes

        May 4, 2018 Orange County Register | United States | renewables: solar

After 7 years of optional compliance, California will mandate solar power on new homes as of 2020, where currently less than 20 percent of new single-family builds include solar. Energy storage will also be encouraged to reduce system size via "compliance credits" and discourage home solar from displacing already clean midday grid power.