Calpine
UtilitiesTexas, United States1001-5000 Employees
Calpine is a utilities company and a business unit of Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), employing between 1,001 and 5,000 people and based in Houston, Texas. It is described as America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources, with operations in competitive power markets. The company operates a fleet of 76 power plants in operation or under construction, representing more than 26,000 megawatts of capacity, enough to power about 20 million homes. Through wholesale power operations and its retail brands Calpine Energy Solutions and Champion Energy, it serves customers in 22 states, Canada and Mexico. The generation fleet uses advanced technologies to produce power in a low-emissions, environmentally responsible manner, and the company notes industry trends including abundant clean natural gas, environmental regulation, aging infrastructure, and the need for dispatchable power to integrate intermittent renewables.