Your Neighborhood Could Be Restored With Power But Your Home May Be Left Out. Here's Why

As the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority continues restoration work territory-wide, the utility is coming across damaged electrical meter bases and weather heads. If either of these are damaged, WAPA will not reinstall meters until repairs are made and certified by a licensed electrician. Home and business owners are advised to make repairs to their damaged weather heads and/or meter bases as soon as possible. Once crews have reached your neighborhood, those customers who have not had their weather head or meter base repaired, will not have service immediately restored. Here's the authority's latest power and potable water restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAPA crews along with on-island and off-island contractors worked across the territory Thursday in support of the reconstruction and restoration efforts. With more than 510 off-island personnel expected in the Virgin Islands by next week Friday to augment the restoration of service, WAPA will be publishing an ...