City hopes third time is charm for thermal loop

BRIDGEPORT — Officials believe they have salvaged a major economic and environmental project for the downtown aimed at providing cheaper heat to neighborhood residents and large tenants like Housatonic Community College, the University of Bridgeport, the Webster Bank Arena and People’s Bank. Now the initiative just has to get through state utility regulators. “The bottom line is it’s not a done deal,” said state Rep. Steven Stafstrom, though he said he is optimistic. The thermal loop — underground pipes that would pump otherwise wasted heat from sites like a to-be-built fuel cell and the Wheelabrator trash-to-energy plant to downtown and South End buildings — was first initiated under former Mayor Bill Finch.

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