Calpine

Calpine Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnergy
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984)
FounderPeter Cartwright
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Thad Hill (CEO)
  • Thad Miller (CFO)
RevenueIncrease US$10.072 billion (2019)[1]
Increase US$770 million (2019)[1]
Total assetsUS$16.062 billion (2018)[1]
Number of employees
2,256 (2019)[1]
Websitewww.calpine.com
Footnotes / references
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Calpine Corporation is the largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources in the United States,[3] with operations in competitive power markets.

A Fortune 500 company based in Houston, Texas,[1] the company is owned by an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of other investors, including Access Industries Inc. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Calpine". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. ^ "Calpine Corp. 2019 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Don Weinland in Hong Kong and David Sheppard and Neil Hume in London (2016-10-10). "Noble Group sells US energy business in turnround drive". Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2017-01-04. Calpine Corporation is the largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal in the US.