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 installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog series.
Each installment includes industry leaders and subjects connected to accelerating a fair and just 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 sustainable energy sector.
Today, we are including Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale sustainable 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 begin Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises all began with a favor to my daddy. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while supplying an extra source of earnings.
A couple years later, we began partnering with eco-friendly energy designers. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the company we had actually constantly dreamed about. In 2021, we have reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service company, however as renewable energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale eco-friendly energy tasks.
Tell us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, privately held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy services. Our prime regulation is to contribute to the velocity of the energy industrys transition to sustainable energy. We focus our operations in Texas, where flourishing population and company growth mean a rapidly growing need for energy. Lyssy Energy thinks that by deploying 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 backyard is personal. We want to be a part of the option 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, dependable energy including one wind and three solar jobs currently in advancement and a potential portfolio of 15 GW.
What obstacles do you deal with? Why?
Capital is among the greatest challenges we face at the moment. The wind and the sun offer electrical power, however capital is what moves everything and everyone else. We require capital for daily operations, and to develop, construct and operate our projects.
Securing development capital early is vital in supplying land control and affiliation studies to get jobs off the ground. We are striving to establish relationships with large investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can offer the capital essential to create an effective eco-friendly energy job.
How can possible partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to partnerships or joint ventures. We are readily available to talk about the need for all types of capital stack with various equity, tax and financial obligation companies that operate in this industry and those thinking about purchasing sustainable energy jobs and companies. Preferably, we want to deal with financial investment partners that can provide capital from the development stage through the building phase. We are also available to partners who are interested in purchasing the business.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises aims to continue building a diverse business. We wish to help balance the inequalities in our society by connecting to people that are historically disregarded and passed over. Ladies and people of color are key to our success, and it is very important to promote their development to positions of management and leadership.
Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural locations, and we hope to make a difference by bringing sustainable energy tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other susceptible neighborhoods. It is crucial 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 everyone shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate membership helped your company?
Being able to take part in ACOREs Accelerate membership program is a privilege and a pleasure. The Accelerate Program has actually connected us to some of the most significant and most prominent companies in the world, and these connections assist give us the power to make a distinction.
To find out more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, go to 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 sustainable energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale eco-friendly energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, privately held, utility-scale designer 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 eco-friendly energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with poor communities in rural areas, and we hope to make a difference by bringing eco-friendly energy tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable neighborhoods. It is important for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological evolution so everybody shares the advantages.