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@ -24,11 +24,28 @@ Constellation Energy is a major energy producer in the United States, with 32,40
Constellation's main business (pre-Calpine merger), has been located in the PJM (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland) Interconnection (69%), with most other generation occuring in the ERCOT and NYISO regions (9#% total). Following their acquisition of Calpine, Constellation Energy has a more rounded service area, producing 49% of its total capacity in PJM, 23% in ERCOT, 10% in CAISO, 8% in NYISO, with a final 10% distributed in other locations.
### What is the total installed generation in MWE owned or operated?
Constellation has a total of 32,400 megawatts of capacity.
### What are the types and MWE of power plants they own or operate?
According to Constellations Investor website, the breakdown of their fleet is
as follows:
| Plant Type | Capacity (%) | Capacity (MW) |
| ------------------- | ------------ | ------------- |
| Nuclear | 60 | 19,440 |
| Natural Gas | 20 | 6,480 |
| Natural Gas and Oil | 6 | 1,944 |
| Hydroelectric | 5 | 1,620 |
| Oil | 4 | 1,296 |
| Wind | 1 | ~324 |
| Solar | 1 | ~324 |
### Which of their plants are owned and operated as merchant plants and which are regulated?
### What does their strategic plan say?
Constellation's strageic plan is to continue to build towards a carbon-free future--at least that is what it says on their website. Their actions, however, show a possibly different way forward following the acquisition of Calpine, the United States's largest power generator from natural gas