Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Future Minimum Payments For Commodities [Table Text Block]

At December 31, 2013, we had future commitments for the purchase, transportation, or storage of commodities as detailed below (in millions):



2014	$	385
2015	290
2016	238
2017	235
2018	224
Thereafter	815
Total	$	2,187

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Power Plant and Land and Other Operating Leases

Leases — We have contracts, such as certain tolling agreements, which we account for as operating leases under U.S. GAAP. Generally, we levelize certain components of these contract revenues on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. The total contractual future minimum lease rentals for our contracts accounted for as operating leases at December 31, 2013, are as follows (in millions):



2014	$	632
2015	641
2016	582
2017	546
2018	517
Thereafter	2,577
Total	$	5,495

Future minimum rent payments under these lease agreements, including renewal options and rent escalation clauses, are as follows (in millions):



	Initial Year	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
Land and other operating leases	various	$	15	$	15	$	15	$	15	$	15	$	215	$	290
Power plant operating leases:
Greenleaf	1998	$	7	$	4	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	11
KIAC	2000	24		23		22		22		22		30		143
Total power plant leases		$	31	$	27	$	22	$	22	$	22	$	30	$	154
Total leases		$	46	$	42	$	37	$	37	$	37	$	245	$	444

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Office and Equipment Leases

Future minimum lease payments under these leases are as follows (in millions):



2014	$	11
2015	10
2016	10
2017	11
2018	10
Thereafter	28
Total	$	80

Schedule of Guarantor Obligations

At December 31, 2013, guarantees of subsidiary debt, standby letters of credit and surety bonds to third parties and guarantees of subsidiary operating lease payments and their respective expiration dates were as follows (in millions):



Guarantee Commitments	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
Guarantee of subsidiary debt⁽¹⁾	$	36	$	37	$	36	$	26	$	31	$	178	$	344
Standby letters of credit⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾	562		11		—		20		—		37		630
Surety bonds^(3)(4)(5)	—		—		—		—		—		27		27
Guarantee of subsidiary operating lease payments⁽⁴⁾	7		4		—		—		—		—		11
Total	$	605	$	52	$	36	$	46	$	31	$	242	$	1,012

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(1)	Represents Calpine Corporation guarantees of certain power plant capital leases and related interest. All guaranteed capital leases are recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.


(2)	The standby letters of credit disclosed above represent those disclosed in Note 6.


(3)	The majority of surety bonds do not have expiration or cancellation dates.


(4)	These are contingent off balance sheet obligations.


(5)	As of December 31, 2013, $4 million of cash collateral is outstanding related to these bonds.