Hundreds of WAPA employees could be at risk of losing health care benefits because the Water and Power Authority has missed multiple premium payments to its insurer, the Consortium learned Thursday. It is unclear exactly how many …
…capacity at the Randolph Harley Power Plant. At 12:10 today, WAPA issued an alert revealing that approximately 10,800 customers on St. Thomas Feeders 6A, 7C, 8B, and 9C were experiencing an electrical service interruption as a res…
WAPA Executive Director Lawrence Kupfer announced Friday that the central government is now current on payments to the Authority for street lighting across the territory. The debt rose as high as $15.8 million in January 2015. “Th…
…Estate Richmond power plant on St. Croix. According to the release, WAPA will lease the unit for three years, at a cost of $23.8 million dollars. The leased unit will replace Unit 16, which suffered catastrophic mechanical issues …
…latest power and potable water restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAPA will continue the restoration of electrical service to several areas across St. Thomas within the next week. Sections of St. John are expected to receive an i…
WAPA restoration crews ended work at 12 noon on Friday to allow personnel to attend the viewing of our co-worker Jason Julius who died in the line of duty on September 12, WAPA announced in its latest power and potable water resto…
…on electrical or water accounts can continue to do so via the WAPA website, www.viwapa.vi, or by depositing payments at drop boxes at WAPA’s customer service locations in both districts. Rhymer advised the public that WAPA will st…
…with Asplundh Tree Expert Company for tree trimming services, WAPA announced Thursday. “Additional manpower and other resources are required to supplement the existing Line Department personnel with routine tree trimming services …
…meeting of the board held on St. Thomas Thursday, according to a WAPA release recently issued. “The demolition of these units will provide the space desperately needed for the installation of the new generating units at the Randol…
…placed throughout territory, and the data is then transferred to WAPA's network and harvested for billing and monitoring purposes,” said Glenfield Jarvis, electrical engineer at WAPA at an April 26 press event. WAPA's Executive Di…
Angela Rene says WAPA’s extended outage left her unable to pump water, while an emptied Belle Vue cistern remained dry until lawmakers intervened, raising new questions about conditions at a federally backed St. John housing redev…
During a Committee of the Whole hearing, WAPA said it referred the matter to the FBI after concluding the Red Hook-St. John transmission line was cut with a mechanical device, while Senator Alma Francis Heyliger openly challenged …
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