Green Gab Podcast – Green Homes, Green Living And Green Companies

JW Peters, the President of Solar Power of Oklahoma, joins us today to talk about solar power for homes. JW wants his company to have a strong voice within the community and within the state, to make sure that he is doing everything he can to promote solar. JW and Marla both serve on the Board for the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council.  Currently, the US gets a lot of energy from burning fossil fuels. There is a finite amount of fossil fuel on earth so it will run out at some point. Solar, however, is a sustainable industry. How JW got into solar JW got into solar by accident.  His business partner, Kevin, was approached by an out-of-state company that was selling solar in Oklahoma. They were looking for someone to do their installations, so Kevin reached out to JW and asked if he was willing to team up with him to do that.  JW agreed, so they both took classes to learn about solar. They very quickly realized, however, that their jobs were not going to last much longer. By the time they figured that out, howe