Our Story
JKL Sustainable Cyprus is trading as “Elektra Energy”. The company began as the dream of two life partners, co-founders Kathryn Savvides Reodica and Jerald Reodica. Elektra Energy provides custom turn-key solutions for clients seeking on-grid and off-grid sustainable energy systems in Cyprus. We aim to be a leading renewable energy integrator on the island by combining our range of experiences in green construction, real estate, luxury sales and client relations. With deep knowledge of the sustainable energy industry and experience building 2 megawatts of solar PV systems in California, we deeply care about electrifying your life with the power of the sun.
Kathryn Savvides Reodica
Kathryn Savvides Reodica is the Managing Director of Elektra Energy.
As a multi-disciplinary professional, Kathryn has a background in real estate, local government, community building, customer service, and luxury sales. She has a life long passion for sustainability projects and efforts to fight climate change, especially in Cyprus, the island on which she was born and raised.
As an activist at San Francisco State University, Kathryn created a community that gave hope to and empowered people to be change-makers in their communities. While a Board Member for the San Francisco Freedom School, she was fortunate enough to learn about movement building from veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement, also known as, the Civil Rights Movement.
While working for the City of South San Francisco, Kathryn lobbied for change and brought her department into the 21st century by training her colleagues to utilize new technology. She was chosen to serve in a multifunctional role supporting several senior leaders to improve economic and community development.
As a coordinator within the Building Department of the City of South San Francisco, Kathryn supported continual office growth through ongoing coaching. She also established several new processes and procedures that dramatically increased digitization and optimized staff time. In particular, Kathryn facilitated the implementation of a new technical system to improve user experience. She paved the way for a fully digital process that allowed homeowners and general contractors to view reports, schedule inspections and obtain construction permits online in a more timely and efficient way.
During this time, Kathryn also became a licensed Realtor in California. Upon returning to Cyprus, Kathryn joined RE/MAX as a Property Specialist. Kathryn’s passion for creating positive customer experiences helped her customers navigate the Cypriot bureaucracy efficiently.
Kathryn is dedicated to enhancing customer satisfaction through open communication. You can rely on Kathryn to walk you through the steps necessary to build a sustainable energy system that powers your lifestyle.
Jerald Reodica
Jerald Reodica is the Technical Director of Elektra Energy.
As a former employee of Tesla and SolarCity, Jerald held many roles at both companies including PV Installer, PV Crew Lead, Licensed Residential Electrician, Technical Trainer, Instructional Designer and Multimedia Developer. He has experience with both the mechanical and electrical installation of sustainable energy systems as well as technical knowledge of the rapid developments within the renewable energy industry. At the Society for Technical Communication’s 2017 International Summit Awards, Jerald earned an Award of Excellence for the instructional training video titled “Wiring the Tesla Powerwall”.
Tesla’s Global Sustainable Energy Trainer
As a Multimedia Developer at Tesla, Jerald accelerated the adoption of stationary energy storage and solar electricity in North America, Australia, and Europe. As one of the primary voices of SolarCity University (which later was absorbed into Tesla Energy’s Training Department), Jerald scripted installation training videos & produced voice-over narration while collaborating with various international teams to meet the growing need for technical training. In particular, these training assets focused on the installation and commissioning of innovative energy products, such as Powerwall 2, Powerpack and Solar Roof.
From Solar Electrician Crew Lead to Technical Trainer at SolarCity
As an Instructional Multimedia Designer in the Installation Quality and Training Department of SolarCity, Jerald also produced instructor-led training (ILT), audiovisual training & solar PV curricula. As a subject matter expert (SME), he applied his knowledge of electricity and the National Electric Code (NEC) to create training videos that covered the installation process of solar rooftop attachment solutions and innovative electrical products such as the original Powerwall, LG Chem Battery Pack and various smart inverters manufactured by Fronius, SolarEdge, Delta and SMA.
As a Technical Trainer of Crew Leadership Training (CLT), Jerald thoughtfully built the morale and technical competence of hundreds of the best lead installers within SolarCity. As a Licensed Electrician and PV Crew Lead, he pleasantly and professionally coordinated the installation of utility-interactive residential solar PV systems including:
- ensuring client satisfaction
- verifying that construction plans & electrical diagrams were built as designed
- (when necessary) redesigning array configurations & electrical conduit runs to meet IBC, NEC & AHJ requirements
- organizing PV crew operations & resolving any on-site issues
- encouraging healthy productivity
- maintaining crew members’ & clients’ safety at each home
Learning the Fundamentals as a PV Installer
As a Solar PV Installer, Jerald followed electrical, roofing and green building best practices to ensure residential utility-interactive solar PV systems last for over 30 years. He translated design elements outlined in a building plan onto roof surfaces. By using best practices, he built systems with an understanding of each mechanical balance of system (BOS) component while also applying construction waterproofing principles to particular roofing types including composition shingles, modified bitumen, flat foam, tar and gravel, flat tile, Spanish tile, corrugated metal and metal standing seam.
In addition to roofing knowledge, Jerald’s experience includes reading electrical diagrams and competently completing electrical punch list items such as bending and connecting electrical metallic tubing (EMT); mounting and wiring combiner boxes, inverters, AC/DC disconnects, power optimizers and load centers; and landing grounding electrodes. In addition to commissioning residential solar PV systems, Jerald repaired and maintained all aspects of these residential utility-interactive systems.
In total, Jerald participated in and led the installation of over 2 megawatts of solar PV in California.
Last, but not least, Jerald was featured in SolarCity’s video on YouTube, titled “We Are SolarCity” which captures one crew successful building two ZepSolar Sleekmount systems in one day. You can rely on Jerald to ensure that your sustainable energy system will last for decades to come!
We are driven by the urgency of our climate crisis!
Essentially, we are purpose driven sustainable energy system integrators in Cyprus. We not only design and build these renewable energy systems, we ourselves plan to power our family life with the sun. We want future generations to live on a planet with clean water, air and land.
Super Efficient
We know everyone’s time is precious.
Deeply Committed to Safety
The safety & longevity of your sustainable energy system is important to us!
Highly Skilled
We share our skills to improve your life.