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, however as eco-friendly energy developers with the hope of owning and operating utility-scale eco-friendly energy jobs.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, privately held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy options. Lyssy Energy believes that by releasing wind, solar and battery storage, we can maximize our efforts and offer all kinds of eco-friendly energy options. Lyssy Energy is working with poor communities in rural locations, and we hope to make a difference by bringing renewable energy jobs to locations with high rates of poverty and other susceptible neighborhoods. It is crucial for the energy transition to not only modification how we produce energy, but to bring the disenfranchised to the center of this technological development so everybody shares the advantages.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is delighted to share the next installation in our “Accelerating Renewables” blog site series.
Each installation includes market leaders and topics related to accelerating a fair and just shift to a renewable energy economy. In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACORE is highlighting 3 Hispanic-owned member business that are prospering in the eco-friendly energy sector.
Today, we are including Lyssy Energy Enterprises, a utility-scale renewable resource 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 father. He asked me to put together an energy lease that would protect his land for ranching and farming while offering an extra income. Prior to we understood it, my husband and I were assisting others in the same circumstance. So, we made it main, got and started a service to work.
A couple years later, we started partnering with eco-friendly energy designers. 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 company, but as eco-friendly energy developers with the hope of owning and running utility-scale renewable energy tasks.
Tell us about Lyssy Energy.
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is an innovative, independently held, utility-scale developer of solar, wind and battery energy options. Our prime directive is to contribute to the acceleration of the energy markets 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 sustainable energy options.
What difficulties do you deal with? Why?
Capital is one of the most significant challenges we deal with at the moment. The wind and the sun offer electricity, but capital is what moves everything and everybody else. We require capital for daily operations, and to establish, construct and run our jobs.
Securing development capital early is necessary in supplying land control and interconnection research studies to get projects off the ground. We are working hard to develop relationships with large financial investment firms that have a strong interest in renewables and can supply the capital essential to develop an effective renewable resource task.
How can possible partners work with you?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises is open to collaborations or joint ventures. We are offered to discuss the need for all kinds of capital stack with various equity, tax and financial obligation business that run in this market and those thinking about investing in eco-friendly energy tasks and companies. Ideally, we wish to work with financial investment partners that can supply capital from the development stage through the construction stage. We are also available to partners who have an interest in investing in the business.
How are you making an effect through Lyssy Energy?
Lyssy Energy Enterprises makes every effort to continue developing a diverse business. We hope to help stabilize the inequalities in our society by reaching out to individuals that are historically ignored and passed over. Ladies and people of color are essential to our success, and it is very important to promote their improvement to positions of management and leadership.
Poverty is another concern we intend to resolve. Lyssy Energy is working with bad neighborhoods in backwoods, and we intend to make a distinction by bringing renewable resource tasks to locations with high rates of hardship and other vulnerable communities. These tasks supply reliable and affordable electrical power, and likewise bring task chances and facilities development to bad communities. It is important for the energy shift to not only modification how we produce energy, however 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 pleasure and an opportunity. This program has supported our efforts to be a part of the solution throughout this uncertain time in our lives. The Accelerate Program has actually linked us to a few of the biggest and most prominent business worldwide, and these connections help give us the power to make a difference. Someday, we want to return the favor.
To find out more about or contact Lyssy Energy Enterprises, see https://www.lyssyenergy.com/.
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