PSEG launches Bridgeport Harbor Station 5 facility

Bridgeport Harbor Station 5 went on online this week in Bridgeport, Conn., PSEG Power announced.

The natural gas-powered Bridgeport Harbor Station 5 will generate 485-megawatt of energy. It will power thousands of homes and businesses in Connecticut and have one of the lowest carbon footprints per megawatt of energy produced among all PSEG Power’s fossil units.

PSEG Power is a unit of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG).

“PSEG is committed to producing cleaner energy and the safe and timely commissioning of Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5 is a testament to that effort,” PSEG Power President and Chief Operating Officer Ralph LaRossa said. “We are proud to reach this milestone and of the successful and extensive collaboration across the company and across our legislative and community partners.”

Bridgeport Harbor Station 5, along with Keys Energy Center and Sewaren, are part of PSEG’s plans to upgrade to more sustainable, clean energy generation.

The project supported hundreds of union construction jobs and generated hundreds of millions of dollars in investment into the city of Bridgeport. Further, PSEG Power supported numerous community service and cultural organizations in the city, including the Barnum Festival, LifeBridge, Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders, the Cardinal Shehan Center, the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Hospital Foundation and the Discovery Museum.