Energy: building standards: photovoltaic requirements.

Existing law authorizes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, energy efficiency standards, including appliance efficiency standards. Pursuant to this authority, the commission has established regulations requiring solar-ready buildings and for the installation of photovoltaic systems meeting certain minimum requirements for low-rise residential buildings built on or after January 1, 2020. Existing law provides that these regulations shall be enforced by the building department of every city, county, or city and county. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, suspend any existing regulation that requires a new single-family residential home to install a new photovoltaic system. This bill would provide that the building departments of every city, county, or city and county within the state are not required to enforce any existing regulation regarding the same. This bill would also, until January 1, 2030, prohibit the commission from adopting regulations for new single-family residential buildings requiring new photovoltaic systems that meet minimum qualification requirements, as described. This bill would render inoperative any regulation that imposes a requirement prohibited by these provisions. This bill would include related findings and declarations.