The city board of supervisors unanimously passed the new law which is aimed to help move san francisco closer to its goal of meeting 100 of the city s electricity demand with renewable energy.
San francisco solar panel legislation.
The rule change could be a particular coup for companies like san francisco based sunrun which offers monthly leasing deals on solar power.
San francisco has passed a law requiring all new buildings below 10 stories to have solar panels installed on their rooftops.
San francisco will soon begin requiring new buildings to have solar panels installed on the roof.
It s the first major u s.
San francisco passed legislation this week that will require all new buildings under 10 stories tall to be outfitted with solar panels effective next january.
The bill authored jointly by state sens.
On april 20 2016 san francisco became the first major us city to pass legislation mandating the installation of solar energy systems on new building construction.
It becomes the first major us city to mandate solar panel installations.