Enclosed is a copy of the Opening Comments of Calpine Corporation on
Proposed Decision filed with the California Public Utilities Commission this
afternoon.  A hard copy of this pleading will follow by mail.  Please call
Pepper Rauch at (415) 276-6525 if you have any problems with this
transmittal.


Salle E. Yoo
Davis Wright Tremaine
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel. 415 276-6564; Fax 415 276-6599
salleyoo@dwt.com

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