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Calpine's third quarter revenue and earnings increase from 1994 levels.


the San Jose-based power company, today reported revenue was $42.2 million and $92.5 million for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 1995, compared to $24.3 million and $67.2 million for the same periods in 1994.

The increases in revenues were primarily due to additional electricity and steam sales generated from Calpine
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 steam fields, which the company acquired in September September: see month.  1994, and the recently acquired Greenleaf Greenleaf can refer to: Places
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 and Watsonville gas-fired power facilities.

Revenue for the third quarter 1995 continued to be affected by curtailments of purchases by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. due to an abundance Abundance
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 energy purchases for the company's operations during 1994. Net income was $5.0 million and $5.3 million for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 1995, compared with $0.8 million and $4.1 million in 1994.

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, president, stated, "Calpine's ongoing program of acquiring operating plants and upgrading our acquisitions to Calpine's standards has enabled the Company to substantially increase our revenue and net income. We have an additional 975mw of new projects in late-stage negotiations."

Calpine Corp. develops, owns and operates natural gas-fired and geothermal power Geothermal power

Thermal or electrical power produced from the thermal energy contained in the Earth (geothermal energy). Use of geothermal energy is based thermodynamically on the temperature difference between a mass of subsurface rock and water and a mass
 generation facilities and markets power throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Its portfolio includes investments in more than 1,100 mw of power facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . -0-
                    Calpine Corp. and Subsidiaries
             Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                 (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                           (unaudited)


                                  Three months      Nine months
                                 ended Sept. 30,   ended Sept. 30,
                                 1995        1994   1995       1994
Revenue:
 Electricity and steam sales   $40,883    $23,057  $89,897  $64,311
 Service contract revenue
  from related parties           1,947      1,856    5,076    5,229
 Income (loss) from
  unconsolidated investments
  in power projects               (654)      (598)  (2,445)  (2,381)
 Total revenue                  42,176     24,315   92,528   67,159


Cost of revenue:
 Plant operating expenses,
  depreciation and
  production royalties          20,682     12,322   48,895   32,670
 Service contract expenses
  and other                      1,593      1,559    3,998    4,235
 Total cost of revenue          22,275     13,881   52,893   36,905


Gross profit                    19,901     10,434   39,635   30,254


Project development expenses     1,379      1,203    2,687    2,435
General and administrative
 expenses                        2,076      2,060    5,735    4,781
Income from operations          16,446      7,171   31,213   23,038


Other (income) expense:
 Interest expense                8,404      6,223   23,520   17,125
 Other income, net                (380)      (301)  (1,235)    (989)


Income before provision for
 income taxes                    8,422      1,249    8,928    6,902
Provision for income taxes       3,457        466    3,665    2,840
Net income                     $ 4,965    $   783  $ 5,263  $ 4,062
Weighted average shares
 outstanding                     2,187      2,175    2,187    2,175
Earnings per share              $ 2.27      $ 0.36   $ 2.41   $ 1.87


Depreciation and
 amortization                  $ 9,086    $ 5,406  $18,760  $14,610
Interest expense per
 indenture                       8,724      6,278   23,966   17,292
EBITDA                          26,177     13,693   51,544   36,688
EBITDA to total
 interest expense                 3.01      2.18     2.15     2.12


Interest expense per indenture includes one-third of operating lease
expenses.
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