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California Becomes 1st US State to Require Solar Panels on New Homes

Builders in California will be required to fit solar panels on most new homes from 2020 under a new rule adopted on Wednesday, the first of its kind in the United States. The far-reaching standards, adopted unanimously by the five-member California Energy Commission, require that new residential buildings in the state be equipped with the panels. "We cannot let Californians be in homes that are essentially the residential equivalent of gas guzzlers," Energy Commissioner David...

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