Calpine Corporation

Houston, TX United States

  (NYSE: CPN)

Company Description

Calpine may get hot, but it also knows how to blow off some steam. In 2011 the independent power producer and marketer controlled 28,155 MW of generating capacity through interests in more than 90 primarily natural gas-fired power plants in 20 US states and Canada. This fleet also includes 15 geothermal power plants in California. Calpine, the leading geothermal power producer in North America, owns 725 MW of capacity at the largest geothermal facility in the US -- the Geysers in northern California, and which accounts for more than 20% of the state's renewable energy. The company has major presence in the wholesale power markets in California, the Mid-Atlantic, and Texas.