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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.  

The PJM capacity auction is always a big event.  One of the tricky things when analyzing the auction's potential impact on a company is figuring out which locational deliverability area (LDA) a plant is located.  I took on the challenge and created a new Tableau viz that shows the LDA for the powe

Page B1 of today's Wall Street Journal discussed the possibility of Calpine putting itself up for sale.  The news broke yesterday and the stock rose 18%.  You can see the article here. Calpine, and all of the other IPPs, have definitely been out of favor with the stock market.  The WSJ article

A gaping hole has been found in the spillway of the Oroville Dam in northern California.  It is the tallest dam in the US, at 770 feet.  There are some fantastic pictures out on the internet (see here and here for some)  Of course if there is a dam there is likely hydro power, and the Oroville Da