Newsom Signs SB 868, Opening 1,200-Watt Plug-In Solar to California Renters and Apartment Dwellers

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senator Scott Wiener's SB 868 on Sept. 30, making small tenant-owned solar devices legal statewide without a utility interconnection agreement and giving California's renters, roughly 40 percent of households, their first practical route to generating their own power.