BRIDGEPORT ENERGY PROJECT

How BRIDGEPORT ENERGY PROJECT compares

With 520 MW of capacity, BRIDGEPORT ENERGY PROJECT ranks 8th among the 68 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Connecticut and 4th of the 13 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 16% of Connecticut's operating Natural Gas capacity and 5.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 319th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1998, it is older than 50% of the 66 operating Connecticut plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Greater Bridgeport Planning Region with 4 other operating plants, including BRIDGEPORT STATION and WHEELABRATOR BRIDGEPORT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 520 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,650 GWh in 2024 (a 58% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1998 and 1999.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BRIDGEPORT RESCO, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 23 operating power plants totaling 5,180 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHPORT (1,564 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Brentwood (1650 Islip) in Brentwood, about 26.7 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology