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

By Constance ThompsonOctober 7, 2021

In 2021, we have reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale sustainable energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and provide all kinds of sustainable energy services. Lyssy Energy is working with bad neighborhoods in rural locations, and we hope to make a difference by bringing eco-friendly energy projects to areas with high rates of poverty and other vulnerable communities. It is essential for the energy shift to not only change how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological evolution so everybody shares the benefits.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation features industry leaders and topics related to accelerating a fair and just shift to a sustainable energy economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting 3 Hispanic-owned member companies that are growing in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable resource 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 dad. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while offering an additional source of income.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with renewable resource designers. There were definitely imperfections and obstacles, closed doors and unequal partnerships, but we utilized this time to actually hone our craft. If we desired our service to grow and prosper then we would need to take a risk, we realized that. In 2020, when the world was forced to decrease due to the pandemic, we decided to take that danger. We used 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had actually always dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, but as renewable resource designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale renewable resource tasks.
Inform us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, independently held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy options. Our prime instruction is to contribute to the acceleration of the energy markets shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy thinks that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and provide all kinds of sustainable energy options.
What obstacles do you face? Why?
Capital is among the biggest difficulties we deal with at the minute. The wind and the sun offer electrical energy, however capital is what moves everything and everybody else. We require capital for everyday operations, and to establish, construct and operate our tasks.
Protecting advancement capital early is necessary in supplying land control and interconnection research studies to get projects off the ground. We are working hard to establish relationships with large financial investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can offer the capital required to create a successful renewable resource task.
How can possible partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint ventures. We are offered to discuss the need for all types of capital stack with different equity, tax and financial obligation business that run in this market and those interested in investing in eco-friendly energy jobs and companies.
How are you making an impact through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises aims to continue constructing a varied company. We want to help balance the inequalities in our society by connecting to people that are historically neglected and passed over. Ladies and people of color are crucial to our success, and it is essential to promote their development to positions of management and leadership.
Poverty is another problem we intend to address. Lyssy Energy is dealing with bad communities in rural locations, and we hope to make a difference by bringing sustainable energy projects to areas with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable communities. These tasks provide economical and trusted electricity, and likewise bring task chances and infrastructure advancement to bad neighborhoods. It is important for the energy transition to not only change how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological development so everybody shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate subscription helped your organization?
Being able to get involved in ACOREs Accelerate membership program is a delight and a privilege. This program has actually supported our efforts to be a part of the service during this unpredictable time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has connected us to a few of the biggest and most influential business on the planet, and these connections assist give us the power to make a distinction. Someday, we wish to return the favor.
To find out more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, check out https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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