EXHIBIT 10.3


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                                             Calpine Corporation
Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock and           ID: 77-0212977
Restricted Stock Agreement                   50 West San Fernando Street
                                             Suite 550
                                             San Jose, California 95113
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Name of Grant Recipient
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Address
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Date of Grant
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Plan from which Award Is Made            1996 Stock Incentive Plan -
                                         Stock Issuance Program
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Number of Shares Granted
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Grant Expiration Date
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Vesting Schedule:

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     Percent Vested        Vesting Event
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By your signature and the Company's  signature  below, you and the Company agree
that these  shares of  restricted  stock are granted  under and  governed by the
terms  and  conditions  of the Plan  specified  above and the  Restricted  Stock
Agreement attached to this document.



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Calpine Corporation                          Date



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Recipient                                    Date






                               CALPINE CORPORATION
                            1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                       FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

                                    RECITALS

          A. The Board has  adopted the Plan for the  purpose of  retaining  the
services  of  selected  Employees,  non-employee  members of the Board or of the
board of  directors  of any  Parent or  Subsidiary,  and  consultants  and other
independent  advisors who provide  services to the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary).

          B. The Participant has rendered and is to render valuable  services to
the  Corporation  (or a Parent or  Subsidiary),  and this  Agreement is executed
pursuant  to,  and is  intended  to  carry  out the  purposes  of,  the  Plan in
connection with the Corporation's grant of restricted stock to the Participant.

          C. All  capitalized  terms in this  Agreement  shall have the  meaning
assigned to them in the attached Appendix.

          NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:

          1. Grant of Restricted Stock

          The  Corporation  hereby  grants to the  Participant,  as of the Grant
Date,  the  number  of shares of Common  Stock  specified  in the Grant  Notice,
subject to the  restrictions  stated in the Grant Notice.  The Purchase Price of
the restricted stock shall be the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the date of grant and is payable in past services, unless otherwise specified in
the Grant Notice.

          2. Stockholder Rights

          The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with respect to any
shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant  under this Agreement,  whether
or not the Participant's  interest in those shares is vested.  Accordingly,  the
Participant  shall have the right to vote such shares and to receive any regular
cash  dividends  paid on such  shares.  Any  dividend  payable  with  respect to
unvested  Common  Stock  shall be paid to the  Participant  no later  than 2 1/2
months  after  the end of the  calendar  year in which the  record  date for the
dividend occurs.

          3. Additional Property

          Any new,  substituted,  or  additional  securities  or other  property
(including  money  paid  other  than  as  a  regular  cash  dividend)  that  the
Participant receives with respect to the Participant's unvested shares of Common
Stock  by  reason  of  any  stock  dividend,   stock  split,   recapitalization,
combination  of shares,  exchange  of shares,  or similar  event shall be issued
subject  to the  same  vesting  requirements  and  other  restrictions  that are
applicable  to the  Participant's  unvested  shares of Common  Stock  under this
Agreement.





          4. Vesting and Forfeiture

          (a) The shares of Common Stock granted under this Agreement shall vest
in one or more  installments  when the conditions  specified in the Grant Notice
are satisfied, unless the shares are previously forfeited as provided below.

          (b) If the Participant's  Service terminates for any reason other than
death,  Permanent Disability,  or Retirement,  the Participant shall forfeit any
shares that have not vested when the Participant's Service terminates, except as
provided in the Grant Notice.

          (c)  If  the  Participant's  Service  terminates  as a  result  of the
Participant's  death,  the shares of Common Stock granted  under this  Agreement
that have not vested when the Participant  dies shall remain  outstanding  until
the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)- month period measured from
the date of the Participant's death or (ii) the date on which the grant expires.

          (d)  If  the  Participant's  Service  terminates  as a  result  of the
Participant's  Permanent  Disability,  the shares of Common Stock  granted under
this Agreement  that have not vested when the  Participant  becomes  Permanently
Disabled shall remain outstanding until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the
twelve  (12)-  month  period  measured  from the date  the  Participant  becomes
Permanently Disabled or (ii) the date on which the grant expires.

          (e)  If  the  Participant's  Service  terminates  as a  result  of the
Participant's  Retirement,  the  shares  of  Common  Stock  granted  under  this
Agreement  that  have not  vested  when the  Participant  Retires  shall  remain
outstanding until the date the grant expires.

          (f) The Participant shall  immediately  surrender any forfeited shares
to the  Corporation  for  cancellation,  and shall have no  further  stockholder
rights with respect to those shares.  To the extent the Participant paid cash or
cash  equivalent for the shares when they were awarded,  the  Corporation  shall
return to the Participant the consideration paid for the surrendered shares (or,
if less,  the  fair  market  value  of the  shares  on the  date  when  they are
surrendered).

          5. No Transfer or Assignment

          While the shares of Common Stock granted under this  Agreement  remain
unvested,  the  shares  shall be  neither  transferable  nor  assignable  by the
Participant.  Calpine  shall not be required to transfer on its books any of the
shares of Common Stock that the Participant has attempted to sell or transfer in
violation of any of the provisions set forth in this  Agreement,  or to treat as
the  owner of such  shares  of  Common  Stock  any  person or entity to whom the
Participant has attempted to sell or transfer the shares.


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          6. Escrow or Restrictive Legends

          Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's  discretion,  be held
in escrow by the  Corporation  until the  Participant's  interest in such shares
vests,  or  may be  issued  directly  to  the  Participant  with  the  following
restrictive legend:

     "These shares of Common Stock have been issued or transferred  subject
     to a Restricted  Stock  Agreement  between  Calpine and the registered
     owner of such  shares,  and are subject to  substantial  restrictions,
     including (but not limited to) a prohibition against transfer,  either
     voluntary or  involuntary,  and a provision  requiring the transfer of
     these  shares  to  Calpine  without  any  payment  in the event of the
     registered  owner's  termination of service,  all as more particularly
     set forth in the aforementioned  Restricted Stock Agreement, a copy of
     which is on file with Calpine and its transfer agent."

          When the shares of Common Stock granted under this Agreement vest, the
Participant  may  tender to  Calpine  the  certificates  containing  the  legend
described above and receive new certificates not containing this legend.

          7. Withholding

          As a condition to the delivery of a  certificate  for shares of Common
Stock  subject to this  Agreement  that bear no legend (or,  if the  Participant
makes the election permitted by Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as a
condition to the initial  delivery of a  certificate  for shares of Common Stock
bearing such legend),  Calpine may, by notice to the  Participant,  require that
Calpine be paid the amount of any federal, state, or local taxes required by law
to be withheld.

          8. Corporate Transaction

          All of the shares of Common Stock granted under this  Agreement  shall
immediately  vest in full in the event of any Corporate  Transaction,  except to
the extent the Corporation's  rights and obligations under this Agreement are to
be assigned to the successor  corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with
such Corporate  Transaction.  The  Corporation  may assign its rights under this
Agreement to a successor corporation (or the parent thereof) without the consent
of the Participant.

          9. Notices

          Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation  under
the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation
at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to the  Participant  shall be in writing and addressed to the Participant at the
address  indicated in the Grant Notice.  All notices  shall be deemed  effective
upon personal  delivery or upon deposit in the U.S.  mail,  postage  prepaid and
properly addressed to the party to be notified.


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          10. Construction

          This Agreement and the  restricted  stock award  evidenced  hereby are
made and  granted  pursuant to the Plan and are in all  respects  limited by and
subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Plan  Administrator  with
respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement  shall
be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this award.

          11. Governing Law

          The  interpretation,  performance  and  enforcement  of this Agreement
shall be governed by the laws of the State of California  without resort to that
State's conflict-of-laws rules.

          12. Excess Shares

          If the shares covered by this Agreement  exceed, as of the Grant Date,
the number of shares of Common Stock which may without  stockholder  approval be
issued  under the Plan,  then this  award  shall be void with  respect  to those
excess  shares,  unless  stockholder  approval  of  an  amendment   sufficiently
increasing  the  number of shares of  Common  Stock  issuable  under the Plan is
obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

          13. Amendment

          Calpine may revoke this Agreement at any time with respect to unvested
shares of Common Stock if Calpine  determines  that the Agreement is contrary to
law;  and, in that event,  Calpine may give notice to the  Participant  that the
unvested  shares of Common Stock subject to the Agreement are to be delivered to
Calpine as though the  Participant's  Service with Calpine had terminated on the
date of the  notice.  Calpine  may also  modify  this  Agreement  to the  extent
necessary to bring the  Agreement  and the issuance or transfer of the shares of
Common  Stock into  compliance  with any  applicable  law or  regulation  now or
hereafter promulgated by any governmental agency, including, but not limited to,
the provisions in Section 409A of the Internal  Revenue Code governing  deferred
compensation.  By entering  into this  Agreement  and  accepting the issuance or
transfer of shares of Common Stock under this Agreement,  the Participant agrees
that,  upon  request in writing by  Calpine,  the  Participant  will  tender any
certificates  for shares of Common Stock subject to this Agreement for amendment
of the legend or for change in the  number of shares of Common  Stock  issued or
transferred  as  Calpine  deems  necessary  in  light of the  amendment  to this
Agreement.  Except as  otherwise  provided  in the first two  sentences  of this
Section 13 or in the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall obtain the Participant's
consent before it amends this Agreement in a manner that  significantly  reduces
the Participant's rights or benefits under this Agreement.

          14. Waiver

          The  waiver  by  Calpine  or the  Plan  Administrator  of any  vesting
condition or other  provision  of this  Agreement at any time or for any purpose
shall not operate as, or be  construed  to be, a waiver of the same or any other
provision of this Agreement at any subsequent time or for any other purpose.


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                                    APPENDIX

          The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:

     A. Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Agreement.

     B. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.

     C. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.

     D.   Corporate   Transaction   shall   mean   either   of   the   following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

          (i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than
     fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
     outstanding  securities are  transferred  to a person or persons  different
     from  the  persons  holding  those  securities  immediately  prior  to such
     transaction, or

          (ii) the sale,  transfer or other  disposition of all or substantially
     all of the Corporation's  assets in complete  liquidation or dissolution of
     the Corporation.

     E. Corporation shall mean Calpine Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     F.  Employee  shall  mean  an  individual  who  is in  the  employ  of  the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary),  subject to the control and direction
of the employer  entity as to both the work to be  performed  and the manner and
method of performance.

     G.  Grant  Date  shall  mean the date of grant of the  restricted  stock as
specified in the Grant Notice.

     H.  Grant  Notice  shall  mean the  Notice  of Grant  of  Restricted  Stock
accompanying the Agreement,  pursuant to which the Participant has been informed
of the basic terms of the restricted  stock award  evidenced  hereby.  The Grant
Notice shall be part of the Agreement,  and shall be subject to all of the terms
and conditions stated in the Agreement and in the Plan.

     I. Participant  shall mean the person to whom the restricted stock award is
granted as specified in the Grant Notice.

     J. Parent shall mean any  corporation  (other than the  Corporation)  in an
unbroken  chain of  corporations  ending  with the  Corporation,  provided  each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination,  stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined  voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other  corporations
in such chain.


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     K.  Permanent  Disability  shall mean the inability of the  Participant  to
engage  in  any  substantial   gainful  activity  by  reason  of  any  medically
determinable  physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death
or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous  period of twelve (12)
months or more.

     L. Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.

     M. Plan  Administrator  shall mean either the Board or a  committee  of the
Board acting in its administrative capacity under the Plan.

     N.  Retirement   shall  mean  voluntary   termination  of  Service  by  the
Participant  after meeting either of the following  criteria:  (i) attainment of
age 60 and completion of 10 years of Service,  or (ii)  attainment of age 55 and
completion  of a number of years of Service  that,  when  added to current  age,
equals at least 70.

     O. Service  shall mean the  Participant's  performance  of services for the
Corporation  (or any Parent or  Subsidiary)  in the capacity of an  Employee,  a
non-employee  member of the board of directors,  or a consultant or  independent
advisor.

     P. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of  corporations  beginning with the  Corporation,  provided each
corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the
time of the  determination,  stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total  combined  voting  power  of all  classes  of  stock  in one of the  other
corporations in such chain.


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                             SECTION 83(b) ELECTION

1. Nature of Election. The undersigned hereby elects,  pursuant to Section 83(b)
of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 and Treasury  Regulation  ss.  1.83-2,  to
include the value of the restricted  property described below in gross income in
the year of transfer.

2. Identity of Taxpayer.

   Name:
   Address:


   Taxpayer Identification Number:

3.   Description   of   Property.   This   election  is  made  with  respect  to
_______________ shares of the common stock of Calpine Corporation.

4. Date of Award.  The property  covered by this election was transferred to the
taxpayer on March 8, 2005.

5. Taxable Year of Election. This election relates to calendar year 2005.

6. Nature of  Restrictions.  The property covered by this election is subject to
the following restrictions:

   If the  taxpayer's  service with Calpine  Corporation  terminates  before the
   vesting  conditions  specified in the award  agreement  have been  satisfied,
   Calpine  Corporation  has the right to  repurchase  the shares at a price per
   share  equal to the lower of (1) the  purchase  price  per share  paid by the
   taxpayer, or (2) the fair market value of the shares on the repurchase date.

7. Fair Market Value of  Property.  The fair market value of the property on the
date when it was  transferred  to the  taxpayer  was $3.32 per share.  This fair
market  value is  determined  without  regard  to any  restrictions  other  than
restrictions that, by their terms, will never lapse.

8. Amount Paid for Property. The taxpayer paid $______________ per share for the
property covered by this election.

9.  Statement to Employer.  The taxpayer  received the property  covered by this
election in  connection  with  services  that the taxpayer has performed or will
perform for  Calpine  Corporation.  The  taxpayer  has  furnished a copy of this
statement to Calpine Corporation.

Date:___________________________            Signature:__________________________

File the original of this  statement  with the Internal  Revenue  Service office
where you file your tax  return  not later  than 30 days after the date on which
you received a restricted  stock award,  and provide a copy of the  statement to
Calpine.  Attach a copy of this  statement  to your tax  return  for the year in
which you received the restricted stock award.