Update: St. Croix Power Restoration Imminent as WAPA Completes Key Repairs

UPDATE — Restoration Expected to Begin Shortly   WAPA announced that plant personnel “has made significant progress in repairs” and that the utility is “anticipating restoration will begin within the next hour.” Residents have begun reporting that their power has returned, aligning with WAPA’s update. Original Story: ST. CROIX — With St. Croix entering Sunday night still without power, the V.I. Water and Power Authority said restoration efforts remain underway after multiple pieces of equipment were found damaged during the daylong outage. In an evening interview with the V.I. Consortium, Shanell Petersen, WAPA’s Director of Corporate Communications, said crews are continuing repairs and replacements but do not yet have a definitive restoration timeline. Ms. Petersen explained that workers initially anticipated having power back around 5:30 p.m., but that projection shifted after crews identified “multiple equipment that was stressed” as a result of the initial fault. “We don’t hav...