California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes
I&#x27;m a homeowner in southern California. I&#x27;ve looked into it and a solar system would cost me about $15k and it would pay itself off after about 8 years.<p>However that assumes constant price conditions. If there&#x27;s a glut of solar installations, prices for daytime generation may fall to where it no longer offsets all evening&#x2F;night consumption. Once that happens you&#x27;re forced to either invest in extremely expensive battery storage, or the breakeven date gets radically extended out into the future.<p>Overall, it seems like a pretty &quot;meh&quot; investment. The people doing it are the environmental True Believers(tm). I&#x27;d rather put the money into a new bathroom at this point.