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WAPA Board Approves Acquisition Of New Generators For Harley Power Plant Costing $34 Million

ST. THOMAS -- The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority rendered its approval to the first phase of introducing new generating units to stabilize the Randolph Harley power plant in St. Thomas, WAPA announced late Friday. The board’s action came at a special meeting on Friday afternoon. The board approved the authority entering into an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Wartsila, North America for three, seven-megawatt generating units at an approximate cost of $34 million. “The acquisition of these units will allow WAPA to begin a process of right-sizing the generation needed to more efficiently meet the demand for electric service in the St. Thomas – St. John district,” said WAPA Chief Executive Officer, Julio A. Rhymer, Sr., noting that the approval also allows WAPA to begin the process of decommissioning older units that are not only limited in their capacity but are costly to operate. “With the advent of LPG fuel to generate electricit...