As solar energy interest grows in Omaha, so do scams, misinformation

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The interest in people switching to solar energy to power their homes and cars in the metro is growing.But with that growth also comes companies and people hoping to take advantage of consumers.“In the last few years, there’s been a genuine interest from the consumer level on solar,” says Michael Shonka, the owner of Solar Omaha. Shonka has been helping people install home solar systems for years and says the excitement over solar has been growing.“These interest levels have increased over lets say the 2000s at a pretty steady rate, and accelerated recently and i think that’s partly due to our consciousness over energy consumption,” Shonka says.“It is surprising how quickly it has grown,” says Kirk Estee, the Customer Alternative Energy Solutions Manage for the Omaha Public Power District. In just one year, Estee says they saw a 900% increase in…

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