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

By Constance ThompsonOctober 7, 2021

In 2021, we have reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service company, but as renewable energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale renewable energy projects.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, privately held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Lyssy Energy thinks that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and provide all kinds of eco-friendly energy solutions. 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 important for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, however to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological development so everyone shares the benefits.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is pleased to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog series.
Each installment features industry leaders and topics connected to speeding up a fair and just transition to a renewable energy economy. In acknowledgment of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting 3 Hispanic-owned member business that are growing in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable energy 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 father. He asked me to create an energy lease that would protect his land for ranching and farming while providing an extra income. Before we knew it, my spouse and I were helping others in the exact same scenario. So, we made it main, started a business and got to work.
A couple years later on, we started partnering with renewable energy designers. We used 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had actually constantly dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reintroduced ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as renewable energy designers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale eco-friendly energy jobs.
Inform us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Our prime directive is to contribute to the acceleration of the energy industrys shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by deploying wind, solar and battery storage, we can optimize our efforts and offer all kinds of renewable energy options.
What challenges do you face? Why?
Capital is among the most significant obstacles we face at the minute. The wind and the sun supply electrical power, however capital is what moves whatever and everybody else. We require capital for everyday operations, and to establish, construct and operate our tasks.
Securing development capital early is necessary in providing land control and affiliation studies to get tasks off the ground. We are working hard to establish relationships with large investment companies that have a strong interest in renewables and can supply the capital essential to produce a successful eco-friendly energy project.
How can potential partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to partnerships or joint endeavors. We are readily available to discuss the need for all kinds of capital stack with various equity, tax and debt companies that operate in this industry and those interested in investing in eco-friendly energy tasks and business. Preferably, we want to deal with financial investment partners that can provide capital from the advancement phase through the construction phase. We are also open to partners who are interested in purchasing the company.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises strives to continue constructing a varied business. We intend to help stabilize the inequalities in our society by reaching out to people that are traditionally neglected and passed over. Ladies and people of color are crucial to our success, and it is necessary to promote their advancement to positions of management and management.
Lyssy Energy is working with poor communities in rural areas, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing renewable energy projects to areas with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable neighborhoods. It is essential 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 everyone shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate subscription assisted your business?
Being able to participate in ACOREs Accelerate membership program is a benefit and a delight. The Accelerate Program has actually linked us to some of the greatest and most prominent business in the world, and these connections assist offer us the power to make a distinction.
To read more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, see https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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