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 series.
Each installation features industry leaders and subjects related to speeding up a fair and simply transition to a renewable resource economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting three Hispanic-owned member companies that are thriving in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are including Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable energy 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 daddy. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would protect his land for ranching and farming while offering an additional source of earnings.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with renewable resource designers. There were definitely shortcomings and challenges, closed doors and unequal partnerships, but we utilized this time to really refine our craft. If we desired our business to grow and prosper then we would need to take a danger, we recognized that. In 2020, when the world was forced to decrease due to the pandemic, we decided to take that risk. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had constantly dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as renewable resource developers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale sustainable energy tasks.
Inform us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy services. Our prime directive is to contribute to the velocity of the energy markets shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and offer all kinds of renewable energy options.
What difficulties do you deal with? Why?
Capital is one of the most significant challenges we deal with at the moment. The sun and the wind provide electricity, but capital is what moves whatever and everyone else. We need capital for daily operations, and to develop, construct and operate our projects.
Securing advancement capital early is important in providing land control and interconnection studies to get projects off the ground. We are working hard to establish relationships with big financial investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can supply the capital required to produce a successful renewable energy task.
How can potential partners do organization with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint endeavors. We are readily available to talk about the requirement for all types of capital stack with different equity, tax and debt business that operate in this market and those interested in investing in sustainable energy tasks and companies.
How are you making an impact through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises aims to continue developing a diverse company. We hope to help balance the inequalities in our society by reaching out to individuals that are traditionally ignored and passed over. Women and people of color are essential to our success, and it is necessary to promote their development to positions of management and management.
Poverty is another problem we hope to address. Lyssy Energy is dealing with poor communities in rural locations, and we wish to make a difference by bringing renewable resource jobs to locations with high rates of hardship and other susceptible communities. These projects offer trustworthy and cost effective electrical power, and likewise bring job opportunities and facilities development to bad neighborhoods. It is necessary for the energy shift to not only change how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological advancement so everybody shares the benefits.
How has your Accelerate subscription assisted your business?
Being able to participate in ACOREs Accelerate subscription program is a benefit and a pleasure. This program has supported our efforts to be a part of the option during this unsure time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has linked us to a few of the most significant and most influential companies on the planet, and these connections help provide us the power to make a difference. Someday, we wish to return the favor.
For more information about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, see https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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In 2021, we have reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service company, but as sustainable energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale eco-friendly energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy options. Lyssy Energy thinks that by deploying wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and provide all kinds of eco-friendly energy solutions. 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 hardship and other susceptible communities. It is crucial for the energy transition 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.