Last week Calpine announced they reached a deal with Energy Capital Partners to sell the company for $15.25/share. For reference, here is a Tableau viz mapping out all of the power plants in Calpine’s fleet.
The viz can also be viewed directly in Tableau here.
Source: SNL, Company Documents, and Garnet Research estimates.
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