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Bryan Vows to Reduce WAPA Rates Before Term Ends, Defends Decision to Veto Bill Calling for Turnaround Company

Governor Albert Bryan defended his record during an interview with the Consortium Tuesday evening streamed live on VIC platforms. Taking on the big topics, Consortium Publisher Ernice Gilbert pressed Mr. Bryan on a range on issues, including the big items such as the V.I. Water and Power Authority and the Gov't Employees' Retirement System. Mr. Bryan passionately defended his record and vowed to reduce WAPA electric rate before his first time ends. "We are going to reduce the rates,” the governor assured. “W.A.P.A. you are going to see the changes. We are going to get them done before the end of my first term.” Mr. Gilbert showed clips of past interviews with the governor, including one showing Mr. Bryan during a 2019 interview promising to deliver 7 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour decrease in rates no later than 2021. "After that it will continue to decline as we bring other products on," he added. The reduction never came to fruition, and WAPA is now seeking a rate increase citing t...