O,R&L Construction will host this month’s educational session by conducting a tour of
The Bridgeport Microgrid facility. Tuesday September 18th at 4:30. Chapter meeting
and dinner to follow.

The microgrid system, constructed by O,R&L for the City of Bridgeport, will provide a
central, independent and local generating facility to supply and distribute power in
island and parallel modes to City Hall, Police Headquarters and the Golden Hill Senior
Center.

The microgrid in general will serve approximately 144,000 citizens of Bridgeport. In
addition, the generators’ excess heat will be utilized to provide both heating and
cooling by way of an absorption chiller to City Hall, Police headquarters and the
Cabaret Buildings.

It is the first in Connecticut to couple a new traditional natural gas reciprocating engine
generator that can run around the clock in all types of weather with a microgrid
distribution system. This system will give the city the option to expand in the future to
other vital city buildings.