…a 30 percent decrease; a major promise of the conversion to propane. WAPA Executive Director/CEO Julio A. Rhymer, Sr. provided the authority’s governing board an update on the LPG conversion project at Thursday’s monthly board mee…
…Rehabilitation Project on Company Street in Christiansted town, WAPA announced via press release late Monday. The announcement follows incessant complaints from residents and lawmakers alike, who have decried the road as substanda…
…two solar facilities that are on line and functioning to capacity, WAPA has signed power purchase agreements for an additional six megawatts of solar power on St. Croix and is currently negotiating for an additional three megawatt…
…passing the legislation which allows for the funds to be given to WAPA. Both Mr. Groner and the Authority’s Interim Executive Director Julio Rhymer, Sr., noted that while this measure is laudable, it doesn’t solve the hospitals’ p…
…situation for residents on Thursday night and Friday morning was WAPA. The semi-autonomous entity left thousands without power well before Erika started brewing, with some areas reporting outages by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. By midni…
…-- In a brief phone interview with The Virgin Islands Consortium, WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge said crews here have been proficient in their efforts to fully restore the island with power, however not all work will be comple…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) is announcing an electrical service interruption to Government House in Christiansted, St. Croix, on Thurs., April 2 from 6 a.m. to noon. As part of the Christiansted Underground…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) and Zenon Construction crews will continue installing streetlight bases in downtown Christiansted on Monday, March 2. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., vehicular traffic on Strand Lane, fro…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) is advising St. Thomas residents living in Estate Thomas that power service will be interrupted on Tuesday, Jan. 20 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. According to a WAPA pre…
…the 30th Legislature's controversial 'Streetlights Bill' that gives WAPA the authority to charge residents for street light usage, saying that it is not something his administration "ever envisioned," and was another example of th…
…homeowners is the community’s proximity to propane tanks owned by WAPA. The community falls within a blast zone. WAPA general counsel Dionne Sinclair supported the bill. “Over time, the LBJ Gardens area has evolved from a primaril…
…a new structure for WMA, one that would operate more like WAPA and have greater control over its operations. Under that model, he said, the entity could still receive central government funding but would not have to continually se…
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