…will be based on actual consumption and others will be estimated. WAPA is rebuilding its automated metering systems, and until they are fully restored, meter services personnel continue to manually read meters, WAPA said. “The phy…
…composite poles to the electric grid edged closer to reality Monday, WAPA announced today. The utility’s governing board approved the purchase of more than 6,500 composite poles, and ratified contracts with two companies to instal…
…have been bypassed during the first phase of service restoration, WAPA announced Wednesday. “As the restoration effort on St. John nears completion, the No Customer Left Behind campaign will begin with customers on St. John having…
…Washington, Whim, William’s Delight and Work & Rest. On St. John, WAPA crews restored additional customers in Grunwald, San Soucci and Cruz Bay, while off-island crews re-energized customers in Chocolate Hole and upper Fish Bay. O…
…more than 25,000 customers re-energized territory-wide according to WAPA, restoration and reconstruction efforts continued in both districts on Thursday. Here's the latest update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM On St. Thomas, some customers were…
…42 percent of customers to restore in two weeks. To meet its goal, WAPA will have over 800 linemen in the territory by mid-December, but the task ahead is herculean, and it remains to be seen whether WAPA will accomplish it. Below…
…million before the storms, had diminished to $2 million, placing WAPA in a precarious position and in desperate need of continued federal funding -- it has already received $24 million from FEMA -- as it continues to restore the t…
…thieves are toppling transformers which is an environmental hazard. WAPA is reminding the public that copper theft, even on damaged equipment, is against the law. Below, find the semiautonomous entity's latest power and potable wa…
…latest power and potable water restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAPA personnel has removed electrical meters at locations where damage was apparent to either an electrical meter base and/or weather head. In these instances, the…
…units at the St. Thomas Randolph Harley power plant, seen above. WAPA said in a release issued late Monday that board members voted unanimously to approve changes to the financial structure ahead of an anticipated closing early th…
…generation of electricity on St. Thomas is making steady progress, WAPA announced Wednesday. A major step forward in the process will take place over the next few days when, for the first time, WAPA introduces propane to one of it…
…Energy after the company (Tibbar) was unable to secure financing, WAPA announced late Thursday. The project called for the biomass energy company to operate a power plant and agricultural program on St. Croix. WAPA Executive Direc…
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