California recently approved several new bills that will help spur growth in solar power. They affect how California’s power market works and encourage people to setup more solar panel systems.

The first bill AB920 requires California’s utilities to buy extra solar power you generate.  This usually occurs during most day time hours, when you are generating more power than you are consuming. If you made more over the course of a year than you used, before you would receive zero.

A second bill SB32 expands “feed-in tarriffs” that set prices for renewable energy from businesses with solar arrays.

Another bill SB695 raises electricity rates, based on the inflation rate, of customers who use little power.