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- Utah became the first state to legalize plug-in solar systems last year.
- Melani Jackson, 35, installed four plug-in panels in her Salt Lake City backyard and saved $77 on electricity in six months.
- Nine states—including New Jersey, Virginia and Colorado—have enacted plug-in laws that allow panels costing a few hundred dollars and requiring no permits.
- Rep. Lesley Smith (D-Colorado) sponsored Colorado’s plug-in solar law after seeing the technology in Germany.
