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Milestone: WAPA Receives First Shipment Of Propane Fuel As St. Croix Project Nears End

ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority and its propane conversion contractor, VITOL, received the first inventory of liquefied petroleum gas at the Estate Richmond terminal on Wednesday, signifying the two-year project as edging one step closer to the finish line, a press release WAPA issued this afternoon revealed. “It was just about 8 a.m. today when the feeder fuel ship, Epic Curacao, pulled up alongside WAPA’s fuel dock near the Richmond power plant with a load of LPG that will be used for commissioning and testing of the storage and delivery systems ahead of WAPA’s generating units burning propane to generate electricity for customers on St. Croix,” said WAPA Executive Director/CEO Hugo V. Hodge, Jr. Hodge said the day is historic as another significant milestone on the journey away from fuel oil and to the lower priced propane to power this island is witnessed. “We have arrived at a most important point in this project’s timeline…introducing propane to the sto...