Officials propose policy that could launch plug-and-play solar panels into more US markets: '[Gives] people some control over energy costs'

Officials propose policy that could launch plug-and-play solar panels into more US markets: '[Gives] people some control over energy costs'

A proposed bill in New Hampshire could allow people to install their own portable solar panels. The bipartisan legislation would sanction the use of the increasingly popular technology and help users lower their utility costs, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript reported. The tech is also known as balcony or plug-in solar. "The idea is to remove certain technical and regulatory obstacles against connecting solar power so that anybody can install a s…