…later, the subsequent power surge began affecting plant operations. WAPA Line Supervisor Malvern Williams works on a pole in Subbase St. Thomas following a fire which destroyed circuits associated with two electrical feeders. The …
…optic network by AT&T and its successor entity, Liberty Mobile, and WAPA beginning to place power lines underground. This comes after the most recent incident of Virgin Islanders losing telephone, internet and cable service on Mar…
…clean energy to the St. Thomas community for decades to come.” “WAPA welcomes the opportunity to enter another partnership with BMR Energy as we endeavor to diversify our generation mix. While this agreement increases the volume o…
…known breaches of the V.I. government in recent memory occurred at WAPA, when the authority said more than $2 million in missing funds had been wired to an offshore account. The matter prompted an FBI investigation, with WAPA stat…
…will experience a potable water service interruption today while WAPA contractor, Leumas Engineering, interconnects new waterlines to existing service lines at the Hospital Street, New Street, Lobster Street and Little Lobster Str…
…of the vehicle — a gray 2011 Toyota Corolla — and slammed into a WAPA utility pole, which led to the island-wide power outage during the wee hours of Sunday, WAPA has confirmed. Police officers, alerted by the 911 emergency call c…
…where a fictitious email appears authentic. These incidents, WAPA said, resulted in payments totaling $2.17 million being authorized and sent to an apparent legitimate vendor — but the vendor was not legitimate at all; it was a sc…
…the massive capital investment needed to overhaul and modernize WAPA, and the even more massive need for reinvestment in the USVI economy generally. And if the Governor needs to amend the Bill and seek reapproval from the Legislat…
…the OMB director. Of the $75 million, $15.4 million was provided to WAPA as part of Mr. Bryan's "YES" program which sees residential customers receiving a $250 credit on their WAPA bill for the month of May, and $500 for business …
ST. THOMAS — A vehicle struck a utility pole near the WAPA bowling alley and Line Department in Bolongo Bay early morning Saturday, knocking out power to thousands of residents along Feeder 10B on the south side of the island, ext…
…Larry Kupfer, CEO for the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). Their discussions centered around WAPA’s recovery, ways the Department of the Interior (DOI) can continue to be of assistance, and plans to increase the re…
…homeowners in the dark for several hours Sunday evening, as well. WAPA failed shortly before 7 p.m. and was able to restore power just over an hour later -- only to fail again at 10:00 p.m. WAPA said the two days of major electric…
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