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 sustainable energy developers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale eco-friendly energy tasks.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, privately held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and supply all kinds of eco-friendly energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural locations, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing renewable energy jobs to areas with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable communities. It is important for the energy transition 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.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is happy to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation features industry leaders and topics connected to speeding up a fair and simply transition to a renewable resource 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 eco-friendly 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 father. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would safeguard his land for ranching and farming while supplying an extra income. Before we understood it, my husband and I were helping others in the same scenario. So, we made it main, got and began a service to work.
A couple years later on, we began partnering with sustainable energy designers. We used 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the company we had always dreamed about. In 2021, we have actually reestablished ourselves to the world– no longer as an energy service business, however as eco-friendly energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale renewable energy projects.
Tell us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, privately held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy solutions. Our prime instruction is to contribute to the velocity of the energy industrys transition to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy believes that by deploying wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and supply all kinds of renewable energy options.
What obstacles do you face? Why?
Capital is among the greatest challenges we deal with at the minute. The wind and the sun supply electrical power, however capital is what moves everything and everybody else. We need capital for daily operations, and to develop, construct and run our tasks.
Protecting development capital early is important in offering land control and interconnection research studies to get tasks off the ground. We are striving to establish relationships with large investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can offer the capital necessary to produce an effective eco-friendly energy task.
How can possible partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint ventures. We are available to discuss the requirement for all types of capital stack with different equity, tax and debt companies that operate in this industry and those interested in investing in eco-friendly energy projects and business.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises strives to continue building a diverse business. We intend to assist stabilize the inequalities in our society by reaching out to individuals that are historically neglected and passed over. Women and individuals of color are crucial to our success, and it is essential to promote their improvement to positions of management and leadership.
Poverty is another problem we wish to attend to. Lyssy Energy is working with bad communities in rural areas, and we wish to make a difference by bringing renewable resource projects to areas with high rates of poverty and other vulnerable neighborhoods. These tasks supply dependable and budget friendly electrical energy, and also bring job chances and infrastructure development to bad neighborhoods. 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 development so everyone shares the benefits.
How has your Accelerate subscription assisted your company?
Having the ability to take part in ACOREs Accelerate membership program is a delight and a privilege. This program has supported our efforts to be a part of the solution throughout this unsure time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has linked us to some of the most significant and most influential companies on the planet, and these connections assist offer us the power to make a distinction. Someday, we intend to return the favor.
To get more information about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, go to https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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