Renewable Power Perspectives Q&A with Katie Garza, Co-Founder and COO, Lyssy Energy

By Constance ThompsonOctober 7, 2021

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment features market leaders and subjects connected to accelerating an equitable and simply shift to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting three Hispanic-owned member companies that are prospering in the sustainable energy sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale sustainable energy developer in Texas. The following is a Q&A with Lyssy Energy Co-Founder and COO Katie Garza and Constance Thompson, ACOREs Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs.
What inspired you to start Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises all started with a favor to my daddy. He asked me to create an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while supplying an additional source of earnings. Before we understood it, my husband and I were helping others in the very same situation. So, we made it main, started an organization and got to work.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with renewable energy designers. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the company we had constantly dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as sustainable energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale sustainable energy jobs.
Tell us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Our prime instruction is to contribute to the acceleration of the energy markets shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by deploying wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and supply all kinds of renewable energy options.
What challenges do you deal with? Why?
Capital is among the biggest difficulties we face at the minute. The sun and the wind supply electricity, however capital is what moves whatever and everyone else. We require capital for everyday operations, and to establish, construct and operate our jobs.
Securing advancement capital early is essential in providing land control and interconnection research studies to get projects off the ground. We are working hard to develop relationships with big investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can supply the capital essential to produce an effective renewable energy task.
How can potential partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint ventures. We are available to talk about the need for all types of capital stack with numerous equity, tax and financial obligation business that operate in this industry and those thinking about purchasing sustainable energy tasks and companies. Ideally, we want to work with financial investment partners that can provide capital from the development stage through the construction stage. We are likewise open up to partners who are interested in buying the company.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises aims to continue building a varied company. We wish to assist balance the inequalities in our society by reaching out to individuals that are historically disregarded and passed over. Females and people of color are key to our success, and it is necessary to promote their improvement to positions of management and leadership.
Poverty is another concern we intend to deal with. Lyssy Energy is dealing with bad neighborhoods in rural areas, and we intend to make a distinction by bringing sustainable energy tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other susceptible neighborhoods. These jobs provide budget-friendly and trustworthy electrical power, and also bring task chances and infrastructure development to bad communities. It is essential for the energy shift to not only modification how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological development so everyone shares the benefits.
How has your Accelerate membership assisted your service?
Being able to get involved in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is an advantage and a delight. The Accelerate Program has connected us to some of the greatest and most influential business in the world, and these connections help offer us the power to make a distinction.
To find out more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, see https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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In 2021, we have actually reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, but as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale renewable energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, privately held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Lyssy Energy thinks that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and offer all kinds of renewable energy services. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural areas, and we hope to make a difference by bringing eco-friendly energy jobs to areas with high rates of poverty and other susceptible communities. It is essential for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological evolution so everybody shares the advantages.