facilities in key 
power markets throughout the U.S." More than half of the company's plants are 
in California. 
Overall, the supplier operates 44 plants nationwide that generate nearly 
6,000 megawatts. 
Calpine is one of the darlings of the energy industry, viewed as a model for 
a "new" energy company because of its aggressive expansion plans and reliance 
on relatively clean, efficient generation. The company is relatively small in 
the industry, with a market capitalization of about $16 billion, compared 
with about $34 billion for an industry giant like Duke Energy of Charlotte, 
N.C. 
Calpine is in the midst of a program that is expected by 2005 to boost its 
electricity generation portfolio to 70,000 megawatts -- an amount equivalent 
to more than twice the energy California uses atthe project, condominium 
complexes in Coconut Creek chartered buses to pack the meeting rooms with 
opponents. 
The state Department of Environmental Protection already has announced its 
preliminary intention to issue the permit. In its petition, the city argues 
that the state had failed to take into account the cumulative effect of the 
sources of air pollution in the area. 
These include the North Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, a Florida Power 
& Light Co. substation, a Broward County landfill, the Wheelabrator trash 
incinerator, the Broward County Hazardous Materials Receiving Facility and 
the Waste Management Transfer Station, according to the petition. 
Eric Thode, spokesman for Enron, disputes the petition's statement that the 
cumulative effect on air quality has not been considered. 
"You have to take it into account when you're