Power plants and industrial facilities that emit planet-warming carbon dioxide are hopeful that Congress will keep tax ...

Tavon Walker, an apprentice electrician from Bridgeport, speaks during the grand opening ceremony for PSEG’s Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit #5, the new natural gas-fired power plant now online ...

Developer Chad Parks said the 500-foot industrial landmark must come down because "the maintenance on it is significant." ...

United Illuminating opened the plant in 1957 to provide power needed by industry in southwestern Connecticut. It was designed to burn oil or coal, but was converted to coal-only in 2002.

Bridgeport Regional Business Council members view the coal-fired steam turbines during a tour of the PSEG Power Connecticut plant in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

LS Power will hand back 245 million Class B shares and more than $1 billion in cash to pick up Bridgeport Energy at 10 Atlantic St. and seven other Dynegy plants in other states.

Connecticut’s last coal-fired power plant, Bridgeport Harbor Station, is scheduled to be closed by 2021 and replaced by a new cleaner-burning natural gas facility, according to the plant’s ...

New life could be coming to Bridgeport. The governor announced plans on Tuesday to demolish the former Public Service Electric and Gas Plant. It’s an old, decommissioned, coal-power plant in the ...

FuelCell Energy of Danbury on Monday announced a deal to buy a 14.9-megawatt Bridgeport fuel-cell power facility from Virginia-based Dominion Energy for $36.6 million. After a competitive bidding ...

The PSEG Plant, in service from the 1950s to 2021, used to power much of Bridgeport’s business base, but shuttered as the state signaled a move away from fossil fuels. Demolition is expected to ...

The old power plants, which required water for cooling and the delivery of coal, come with huge potential and significant risk. “It’s a liability transfer business,” Parks said.