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Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | CALPINE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Description | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Expense |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions(1) |  | Balance at End of Year
| (in millions)
Year Ended December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 9 |
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | 1,168 |  |  | (168 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,000 |
Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 9 |
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | 1,581 |  |  | (413 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,168 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6 |
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | 1,637 |  |  | (56 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,581 |
____________ (1) Represents write-offs of accounts considered to be uncollectible and previously reserved.

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