SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPO ADVISORY CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CALPINE CORP [ CPN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/05/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/05/2008		P		69,600	A	$16.4	64,139,264	I(1)(2)(3)(4)	See footnotes
Common Stock	02/05/2008		P		10,000	A	$16.45	64,149,264	I	See footnotes
Common Stock	02/05/2008		P		3,900	A	$16.48	64,153,164	I	See footnotes
Common Stock	02/05/2008		P		401,500	A	$16.49	64,554,664	I	See footnotes
Common Stock	02/06/2008		P		16,200	A	$16.49	64,570,864	I	See footnotes

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPO ADVISORY CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPO ADVISORY PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPO Partners II Co Investment Partnership LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPO PARTNERS II LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SF ADVISORY PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SAN FRANCISCO PARTNERS II LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCULLY JOHN H (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OBERNDORF WILLIAM E (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PATTERSON WILLIAM J (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RYAN J. STUART (Last) (First) (Middle) 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 (Street) MILL VALLEY CA 94941 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. As a result of the purchases causing this filing, , 501,200 of these shares are owned directly by SPO Partners II Co-Investment Partnership, L.P. ("SPO Co-Invest"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SPO Advisory"), the sole general partner of SPO Co-Invest, (ii) SPO Advisory Corp. ("SPO Corp."), the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) John H. Scully ("JHS"), William E. Oberndorf ("WEO") and William J. Patterson ("WJP"), the three controlling persons of SPO Corp.

2. Additionally, upon emergence from bankruptcy, as a result of the conversion of debt instruments to common stock, 60,866,427 shares are owned directly by SPO Partners II, L.P. ("SPO Partners"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory, the sole general partner of SPO Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO and WJP, the three controlling persons of SPO Corp. Additionally, 3,203,237 shares are owned directly by San Francisco Partners II, L.P. ("SF Partners"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SF Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SF Advisory"), the sole general partner of SF Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SF Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO and WJP, the three controlling persons of SPO Corp. These share numbers are estimated pending actual distributions to SPO Partners and SF Partners.

3. Additionally, 5,029 shares of restricted stock are owned by WJP, a director of the Issuer. Pursuant to the partnership agreement governing SPO Partners, these shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by SPO Partners together with any profits arising therefrom.

4. Additionally, these shares may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Stuart J. Ryan ("SJR"), solely in his advisory capacity to SPO Corp. Additionally, 5,029 shares of restricted stock are owned by SJR, a director of the Issuer.

Remarks:

The individuals and entities listed in the note above may be deemed to form a "group", as such term is defined in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for purposes of this filing. This filing shall not be deemed as an admission by any such person that such person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this statement. Each such person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of such person's pecuniary interest, if any, therein.

	Kim M. Silva, Attorney-in-Fact	02/07/2008
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