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

By Constance ThompsonOctober 7, 2021

In 2021, we have reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, but as sustainable energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale eco-friendly energy jobs.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and supply all kinds of sustainable energy services. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural areas, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing renewable energy jobs to areas with high rates of hardship and other susceptible neighborhoods. It is crucial for the energy transition to not only change how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological advancement so everybody shares the advantages.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment includes market leaders and topics related to accelerating a fair and simply shift to an eco-friendly energy economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting 3 Hispanic-owned member companies that are thriving in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable resource designer 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 began with a favor to my dad. He asked me to create an energy lease that would protect his land for ranching and farming while providing an extra source of income. Before we knew it, my partner and I were assisting others in the exact same scenario. We made it main, got and started a company to work.
A couple years later on, we started partnering with renewable energy developers. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had always dreamed about. In 2021, we have reestablished 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 eco-friendly energy tasks.
Inform 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 velocity of the energy markets transition to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy thinks that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and supply all kinds of eco-friendly energy options.
What challenges do you face? Why?
Capital is among the biggest difficulties we face at the moment. The wind and the sun provide electrical power, however capital is what moves whatever and everybody else. We need capital for everyday operations, and to establish, construct and operate our tasks.
Securing advancement capital early is important in supplying land control and affiliation research studies to get jobs off the ground. We are striving to establish relationships with large investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can provide the capital needed to create a successful renewable resource task.
How can potential partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to partnerships or joint endeavors. We are readily available to go over the requirement for all types of capital stack with different equity, tax and debt business that run in this industry and those interested in purchasing eco-friendly energy projects and business. Ideally, we wish to work with financial investment partners that can offer capital from the development stage through the construction phase. We are likewise available to partners who have an interest in investing in the company.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises strives to continue constructing a varied business. We intend to help stabilize the inequalities in our society by connecting to people that are historically neglected and passed over. Females and people of color are crucial to our success, and it is necessary to promote their development to positions of management and management.
Lyssy Energy is working with poor neighborhoods in rural areas, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing sustainable energy jobs to locations with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable communities. It is important for the energy shift to not only modification how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological advancement so everyone shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate membership helped your company?
Being able to participate in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is a benefit and a delight. The Accelerate Program has actually connected us to some of the greatest and most prominent companies in the world, and these connections assist give us the power to make a distinction.
To read more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, visit https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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