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 business, however as renewable energy designers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale eco-friendly energy tasks.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an ingenious, independently held, utility-scale designer of solar, wind and battery energy services. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and offer all kinds of sustainable energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with poor communities in rural areas, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing sustainable energy projects to locations with high rates of poverty 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 evolution so everybody shares the advantages.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is happy to share the next installment in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installment includes market leaders and subjects connected to speeding up an equitable and just shift to a renewable resource economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting three Hispanic-owned member companies that are flourishing in the renewable resource sector.
Today, we are featuring Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable resource 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 put together an energy lease that would secure his land for ranching and farming while providing an additional income. Before we understood it, my partner and I were assisting others in the exact same situation. We made it main, began a business and got to work.
A couple years later on, we started partnering with renewable energy designers. We utilized 2020 to rebrand Lyssy Energy into the business we had always dreamed about. 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.
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 instruction is to contribute to the velocity of the energy industrys shift to sustainable energy. Lyssy Energy thinks that by deploying wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and provide all kinds of eco-friendly energy solutions.
What obstacles do you deal with? Why?
Capital is among the most significant difficulties we deal with at the minute. The sun and the wind offer electricity, but capital is what moves everything and everybody else. We need capital for daily operations, and to develop, construct and operate our tasks.
Protecting development capital early is important in offering land control and affiliation studies to get jobs off the ground. We are striving to develop relationships with big financial investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can provide the capital essential to create a successful sustainable energy task.
How can potential partners do business with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to partnerships or joint endeavors. We are offered to talk about the need for all types of capital stack with various equity, tax and financial obligation companies that run in this market and those interested in buying renewable resource projects and business. Preferably, we would like to work with investment partners that can supply capital from the advancement stage through the building and 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 makes every effort to continue building a diverse company. We hope to help balance the inequalities in our society by connecting 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 management.
Hardship is another issue we wish to attend to. Lyssy Energy is dealing with poor neighborhoods in rural locations, and we hope to make a distinction by bringing eco-friendly energy tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable neighborhoods. These tasks supply inexpensive and trustworthy electrical power, and likewise bring job opportunities and infrastructure advancement to bad communities. It is very important for the energy transition to not only change how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological advancement so everyone shares the advantages.
How has your Accelerate membership helped your service?
Being able to take part in ACOREs Accelerate membership program is a privilege and a pleasure. This program has supported our efforts to be a part of the solution during this unsure time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has actually linked us to some of the biggest and most prominent business on the planet, and these connections assist offer us the power to make a distinction. Someday, we wish to return the favor.
To learn more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, see https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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