…Islands, the Virgin Islands Energy Office, Freepoint Commodities, WAPA, ProSolar Systems, Seven Seas, Energy Factory, and Luminaid. For residents who can't make it to the St. Thomas event, a subsequent fair is scheduled for Spring…
…of management cash tools,” the work will also include “assisting WAPA in the assessment of liquidity and forecasting future cash flows.” Ms. Williams-Octalien said the Water and Power Authority was selected because “they have rece…
…V.I. Legislature appropriate sufficient funds to pay the arrears of WAPA, the hospitals, and other government agencies that are in significant arrears to GERS, particularly for contributions. Whether this the decision will meet wi…
…being passed on to the community. She described the nonpayment to WAPA as "irresponsible." The Waste Management Authority's attempts to bridge the financial gap include purchasing garbage trucks to save over $5 million annually an…
…Power Authority. The VIHA COO said that the agency was working with WAPA to resolve the water consumption issue. In response to a question from Senator Ray Fonseca, Ms. Pelle noted that existing cisterns had been decommissioned wh…
…water and power was shut off,” she told lawmakers. “She went to the WAPA office and discovered that her stepchildren had taken a copy of their deed and requested that the power and water be turned off at her home. The client's hus…
…Authority. That money went to energy trading firm Vitol, to whom WAPA owed hundreds of millions following a propane conversion project that ballooned in cost partially due to questionable management decisions. According to Office …
…fund to meet a payment deadline in the negotiated settlement between WAPA and Vitol, the Consortium has learned that senators are now seeking a legal opinion on the options before them. On Tuesday’s sitting of the Senate Committee…
…we could assist our people. It’s a crying shame”. Admitting that the WAPA deal continued to bother him, Gittens said it was because the money spent on the latest bailout of the beleaguered utility could have instead been used on m…
…left outraged after discovering that $45 million to pay a portion of WAPA's debt to Vitol was withdrawn from the general fund without legislative approval. The intended line of credit, meant to facilitate the transaction, has yet …
…asserted that there is funding for the proposed bill. "We gave WAPA money so we can do this. Come on, folks," she declared, to resounding and sustained applause. The representative for Senator Ray Fonseca, expounded on the long-st…
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