Coal

A 500-foot smokestack — that’s been a fixture of the Bridgeport, Connecticut skyline for more than 70 years — will soon be coming down with the transfer of the ownership of the decommissioned PSEG coal power plant to a private developer.

The City of Bridgeport has been awarded federal funds to help prepare for the demolition of a defunct coal power plant on the its harbor.

Connecticut’s last coal-burning power plant is officially offline after years of partial service.The power plant is in Bridgeport. PSEG announced it would…