Trey Lopez, Director of Development

Trey Lopez joins Candela as the company’s Director of Development, where he will be responsible for greenfield development and advancing projects to NTP in the MISO and ERCOT markets. 

With over 12 years of experience in the renewable energy industry consisting of siting, permitting, interconnection, project finance, and development engineering among WECC, CAISO, ERCOT, and PJM markets, Trey takes pride in working with communities to develop meaningful assets. Before his role with Candela, Trey was Senior Development Manager at Vesper Energy, where he focused on improving the near-term development pipeline by advancing nearly 2 GW of solar, including a 600MWAC solar asset, from pure greenfield development to NTP. 

Trey also spent five years on active duty in the United States Marine Corps from 2006 through 2011, serving as a Marine Security Guard from 2008 to 2011. He has a Reliability Coordinator certification from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.