Opinion/letter: Citizens solar petition
Wicked Local
Solar energy in America has become cheaper than oil and coal, and a major force in the energy market. From 2009 to 2019 the cost per MWh of solar went down by 89% and continues precipitously decline, but most American developers still avoid building solar-ready structures before selling them. That’s why in 2018 California mandated all new homes be built with solar panels, and two mandatory solar bills for new construction were introduced to Massachusetts State House.
Watertown was the first in this state to mandate a similar bylaw. Since then the initial resistance from developers was overcome by the financial, environmental and social success of the new bylaw.