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Income Taxes (Effective Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Rate) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax [Line Items]      
Federal statutory tax expense (benefit) rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State tax expense (benefit), net of federal benefit 1.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (69.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Depletion in excess of basis (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion (14.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepletion
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Settlements, Domestic 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsDomestic 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsDomestic (4.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsDomestic
Valuation allowances (35.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 89.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (30.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Change in Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance Due to Foreign Taxes 0.00%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceDueToForeignTaxes (19.80%)cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceDueToForeignTaxes (8.20%)cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceDueToForeignTaxes
Foreign taxes 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (10.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 3.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Intraperiod allocation 0.00%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIntraperiodAllocation 4.50%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIntraperiodAllocation 4.60%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIntraperiodAllocation
Change in unrecognized tax benefits (0.40%)cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefits (30.10%)cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 5.10%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Disallowed Compensation 0.10%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDisallowedCompensation 11.70%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDisallowedCompensation 0.40%cpn_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDisallowedCompensation
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Share-based Compensation Cost, Percent 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 8.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Other, Percent 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther 3.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther
Permanent differences and other items 0.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 4.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax expense (benefit) rate 2.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 12.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 8.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations