Calpine Makes Final Payment of $250,000 to Sutter County Levee and Flood Control Improvement Fund
September 13 2010 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Calpine Corporation’s (NYSE:CPN) Calpine Construction Finance
Company, L.P., today fulfilled a commitment to helping protect
Sutter County from catastrophic flooding by making the last of 10
annual contributions of $250,000 to the Calpine Levee and Flood
Control Improvement Fund.
This first-of-its-kind, public/private partnership was
established in 1999 during construction of the Sutter Energy
Center, when Calpine pledged to set aside $2.5 million over a
10-year period for flood control projects in the county.
From the accumulated funds, $1.3 million was distributed last
year for the Star Bend Setback Levee project. That effort to
reconstruct and straighten a mile-long section of the Feather River
was completed earlier this year. At a groundbreaking ceremony in
August 2009, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger specifically thanked
Calpine for its partnership in the project, which cost more than
$12 million.
“Our relationship with Sutter County represents the state’s
first and only public/private partnership to provide funding for
flood control,” said Joe Ronan, Calpine’s Senior Vice President of
Government and Regulatory Affairs. “We look forward to supporting
future improvements that will help protect homes, businesses and
agricultural enterprises.”
“Sutter County is fortunate to have Calpine as an excellent
corporate citizen,” said Sutter County Supervisor James Gallagher,
whose district includes the setback levee and the Sutter Energy
Center. “We are grateful for its leadership and commitment to
public safety, especially its contributions to our flood control
efforts in Sutter County.”
The 578-megawatt Sutter Energy Center is the largest of five
power plants Calpine operates in the county. Augmenting Sutter’s
baseload capacity are two highly efficient combined heat-and-power
plants (Greenleaf 1 and 2), and two peaking plants (Yuba City and
Feather River) that provide flexible, quick-responding generation
when Californians need it most.
About Calpine
Founded in 1984, Calpine Corporation is a major U.S. power
company, currently capable of delivering nearly 29,000 megawatts of
clean, cost-effective, reliable and fuel-efficient power from its
93 operating plants to customers and communities in 21 U.S. states
and Canada. Calpine Corporation is committed to helping meet the
needs of an economy that demands more and cleaner sources of
electricity. Calpine owns, leases and operates low-carbon, natural
gas-fired and renewable geothermal power plants. Using advanced
technologies, Calpine generates power in a reliable and
environmentally responsible manner for the customers and
communities it serves. Please visit our website at www.calpine.com
for more information.
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limitation, the risk factors identified in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, and its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. These
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