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OREGON GOVERNOR KATE BROWN CALLS FOR SOLAR READY HOMES BY 2020

11/17/2017

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If you buy a new home in Oregon in the next few years it might already be "solar ready.

KGW-TV — Last week, Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order saying in about three years, all new homes must be built wired and ready to install solar panels.



Currently, homes in Oregon are not necessarily designed to have solar panels put on top of them.
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hat means if a homeowner wants to add the panels, they often have to pay to retrofit their homes. That may mean, among other things, adding new wiring inside.


The governor's executive order would require all homes built after September 2020 to have that wiring set up. All the homeowner would have to do is purchase whatever solar panel system they choose.


The Oregon Environmental Council, which helped work on the executive order, says it will give homeowners an incentive to put in the cleaner energy solar panels.


"It gets your home set up and ready for solar panels so if you choose them in the future, half your work is already done," said Jana Gastellum, climate program director at Oregon Environmental Council.


Gastellum also said the homeowners would be able to recoup the added upfront costs with lower energy bills down the road.


She also said it will give homeowners an incentive to put in the cleaner energy alternative.


"If you make it easier to install solar panels it means more solar panels will be installed," she said.


But those who support the executive order say the technology is there and thanks to Gov. Brown, pretty soon "solar ready homes" will be 


The governor's executive order also calls for all commercial buildings be built solar ready by October of 2022.

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Bob Woodward
11/19/2017 07:43:35 am

Hmmmm, This when Oregon is the 2nd WORST state for solar power potential (see http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/201.htm). Sounds like all this is going to do is is drive up the cost of homes and developers & solar power lobbyists are going to dance with glee all the way to the bank.

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