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 pleased to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment includes industry leaders and subjects connected to speeding up a fair and simply shift to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting 3 Hispanic-owned member companies that are growing in the eco-friendly energy 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 begin Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises all began with a favor to my father. He asked me to create an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while providing an extra income. Before we understood it, my partner and I were helping others in the exact same scenario. So, we made it main, got and started a company to work.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with renewable energy designers. There were certainly challenges and drawbacks, closed doors and unequal partnerships, however we utilized this time to really hone our craft. We recognized that if we desired our company to grow and be successful then we would need to take a danger. In 2020, when the world was forced to decrease due to the pandemic, we chose to take that threat. 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 company, but as sustainable energy developers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale renewable energy jobs.
Tell 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 add to the acceleration of the energy industrys shift to sustainable energy. We concentrate our operations in Texas, where flourishing population and business growth suggest a rapidly growing need for energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and offer all type of renewable resource services. This state is our home, and the energy crisis unfolding in our backyard is individual. We wish to belong of the service and assist our neighbors across the state develop much-needed sources of clean power. We are well on our method, with 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of clean, reputable energy including one wind and 3 solar projects presently in development and a potential portfolio of 15 GW.
What difficulties do you face? Why?
Capital is among the most significant difficulties we deal with at the moment. The wind and the sun offer electrical power, however capital is what moves whatever and everybody else. We need capital for daily operations, and to develop, construct and operate our jobs.
Protecting development capital early is necessary in offering land control and affiliation studies to get projects off the ground. We are striving to establish relationships with large financial investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can offer the capital needed to create an effective sustainable energy job.
How can possible partners do organization with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to partnerships or joint endeavors. We are available to discuss the requirement for all types of capital stack with different equity, tax and financial obligation companies that run in this market and those interested in investing in sustainable energy jobs and business.
How are you making an impact through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises strives to continue developing a diverse company. We want to assist stabilize the inequalities in our society by connecting to individuals that are traditionally ignored and passed over. Ladies and people of color are key to our success, and it is very important to promote their improvement to positions of management and management.
Poverty is another problem we hope to attend to. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in backwoods, and we hope to make a difference by bringing renewable resource jobs to areas with high rates of poverty and other vulnerable neighborhoods. These projects provide trustworthy and cost effective electrical power, and likewise bring job opportunities and infrastructure development to poor neighborhoods. 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 everybody shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate subscription assisted your company?
Having the ability to take part in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is a pleasure and an advantage. This program has actually supported our efforts to be a part of the solution throughout this unsure time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has actually connected us to a few of the most significant and most influential business worldwide, and these connections help offer us the power to make a difference. Someday, we wish to return the favor.
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 company, but as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale renewable energy jobs.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, privately held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy options. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and provide all kinds of renewable energy services. Lyssy Energy is working with bad neighborhoods in rural areas, and we hope to make a difference by bringing sustainable energy tasks to locations with high rates of poverty and other susceptible neighborhoods. 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 everyone shares the advantages.