…and Power Authority’s projects planned for the island of St. John, WAPA said Tuesday. The discussion included the addition of more resilient composite poles, undergrounding of electrical service in critical areas of the island, th…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) announced Friday that electricity had been restored to all eligible customers in the territory. According to a release issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), i…
…minimize the potential risk of a gasoline leak in the Subbase area, WAPA said late Sunday. Not only was the health and safety of the public a primary concern, but also the need to safeguard critical underground WAPA transmission f…
…percent of the territory by Christmas 2017. Along with the linemen, WAPA also said that it's in constant receipt of materials and supplies needed to keep the workflow constant. Find the latest restoration update below. Above, crew…
…of electrical service in the aftermath of the recent hurricanes, WAPA has announced. The purchases from Peco International Electric and Electric Supply of Tampa are for materials, supplies, and equipment needed to maintain the pac…
…and distribution system. Once the assessment has been completed, WAPA will activate its emergency call center on St. Thomas to take reports of isolated service interruptions. The public will be advised of the telephone number to c…
…units to stabilize the Randolph Harley power plant in St. Thomas, WAPA announced late Friday. The board’s action came at a special meeting on Friday afternoon. The board approved the authority entering into an engineering, procure…
…at reducing and stabilizing the cost over the next three years, WAPA announced this afternoon. The meeting was held on St. Croix. In explaining the hedge projections provided to WAPA by its consultant, Risk Revenue Energy Associat…
…additional time for a solar power provider to secure financing. WAPA remains under a pair of Power Purchase Agreements with St. Croix Solar, LLC and St. Croix Solar II, LLC, WAPA announced via press release Wednesday afternoon. WA…
WAPA will interrupt power from roughly 11 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday as crews complete another phase of the $17 million Feeder 13 bypass, affecting 10 feeders and moving the utility closer to improved reliability for more t…
…back online. The St. Croix outage came after recent weeks in which WAPA’s most visible power problems had largely affected the St. Thomas-St. John district, where prolonged outages and generation shortfalls drew repeated public sc…
WAPA said the emergency plan includes five Caterpillar units totaling 12.5 megawatts, with three already configured for direct grid integration and the overall deployment targeted for delivery and commissioning within approximatel…
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