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 installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment includes market leaders and subjects associated with accelerating an equitable and simply transition to a renewable resource economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting three Hispanic-owned member business that are growing in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are including 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 started with a favor to my father. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would protect his land for ranching and farming while supplying an extra source of earnings.
A couple years later on, we started partnering with renewable energy designers. We used 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the company we had constantly dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service company, however as eco-friendly energy developers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale sustainable energy projects.
Inform us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy services. Our prime regulation is to contribute to the velocity of the energy markets shift to sustainable energy. We focus our operations in Texas, where flourishing population and organization growth mean a rapidly growing need for energy. Lyssy Energy thinks that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and supply all type of renewable resource services. This state is our home, and the energy crisis unfolding in our yard is personal. We wish to be a part of the option and help our next-door neighbors across the state develop much-needed sources of clean power. We are well on our method, with 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of tidy, dependable energy consisting of one wind and three solar tasks currently in advancement and a possible portfolio of 15 GW.
What obstacles do you deal with? Why?
Capital is among the biggest difficulties we face at the moment. The wind and the sun supply electricity, however capital is what moves everything and everybody else. We require capital for everyday operations, and to develop, construct and run our jobs.
Protecting advancement capital early is essential in providing land control and interconnection studies to get projects off the ground. We are striving to establish relationships with big financial investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can provide the capital essential to create an effective sustainable energy task.
How can prospective partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint endeavors. We are readily available to discuss the requirement for all types of capital stack with various equity, tax and financial obligation companies that operate in this market and those thinking about buying renewable resource projects and business. Ideally, we want to deal with financial investment partners that can provide capital from the development phase through the construction phase. We are also available to partners who have an interest in investing in the business.
How are you making an impact through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises aims to continue building a varied company. We want to help stabilize the inequalities in our society by connecting to people that are traditionally neglected and passed over. Ladies and individuals of color are essential to our success, and it is very important to promote their advancement to positions of management and management.
Hardship is another issue we hope to address. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural areas, and we intend to make a difference by bringing renewable resource tasks to areas with high rates of hardship and other susceptible neighborhoods. These tasks offer budget-friendly and trusted electrical power, and likewise bring task opportunities and facilities advancement to bad communities. It is essential for the energy shift to not only modification how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological advancement so everybody shares the benefits.
How has your Accelerate subscription helped your organization?
Being able to participate in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is a delight and a privilege. The Accelerate Program has connected us to some of the most significant and most influential companies in the world, and these connections assist provide us the power to make a distinction.
To read more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, go to https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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In 2021, we have reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service company, however as eco-friendly energy developers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale renewable energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, 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 offer all kinds of renewable energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with bad neighborhoods in rural areas, and we hope to make a difference by bringing sustainable energy projects to areas with high rates of hardship 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 development so everybody shares the benefits.