‼️NEWSOM signed SB 868 on September 30, which makes California the tenth state to legalize balcony solar ☀️ The law takes effect in 2027, but you can't buy a qualifying kit yet. Every system has to be certified by an outside safety lab, and right now the only certification that exists in the US comes from UL. Each kit also needs protection that keeps it from pushing power onto the grid during an outage, so a lineworker repairing a downed line doesn't get a surprise from your balcony ⚡ KQED expec
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‼️NEWSOM signed SB 868 on September 30, which makes California the tenth state to legalize balcony solar ☀️ The law takes effect in 2027, but you can't buy a qualifying kit yet. Every system has to be certified by an outside safety lab, and right now the only certification that exists in the US comes from UL. Each kit also needs protection that keeps it from pushing power onto the grid during an outage, so a lineworker repairing a downed line doesn't get a surprise from your balcony ⚡ KQED expec
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