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Government
WAPA, SRMC, JFL and WMA owe GERS about $72.4 million in employee and employer contributions and loan payments. Angel Dawson says the arrears are restricting member loans and retirements while the system now faces a $112 million fu…
WAPA
…to the release, D.O.J. special agents arrested Mr. Vanterpool, WAPA’s director of transmission and distribution, on a warrant signed by a V.I. Superior Court Magistrate on St. Thomas. The Office of the Attorney General also filed …
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With LEACE rates frozen, WAPA teeters on financial ruin. Even so, PSC counsel warns rate hike could drive away more customers
VIC News · Archive
ST. CROIX -- WAPA late Sunday confirmed that it had reverted back to oil after what was described as a dispute between VITOL, the propane supplier, and WAPA, because of an outstanding invoice for propane fuel that VITOL had delive…
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…to speak up against illegal practices made him a target of WAPA top brass Lawrence Kupfer, the current executive director/CEO of the authority, Gregory Rhymer, who currently serves as special assistant to Mr. Kupfer, Julio Rhymer,…
VIC News · Archive
…Water and Power Authority's conundrum: Mr. Vialet pointed out that WAPA was given one of many base rate increases based on the $87 million initial cost for the Vitol propane project in 2013, which was supposed to -- but never did …
Senate
…of the week, before announcing a local state of emergency because WAPA’s financial woes had begun to impact the provision of power in the territory, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. singled out three semi-autonomous agencies who owe WAPA…
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On the heels of a lawsuit this week filed by a WAPA whistleblower that alleged numerous and repeated instances of corruption, waste, and malfeasance at the embattled public utility, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Wat…
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…is building toward meaningful new laws that will change the way WAPA and its overseers operate. Some senators, among them Independent lawmaker Janelle Sarauw, told the Consortium that measures could be on the governor's desk in a …
VIC News · Archive
…increase. According to the board, the rate increase is required for WAPA to generate approximately $55 million in revenue for Fiscal Year 2020. If the request were to be rejected by the P.S.C., the territory would face blackouts, …
WAPA
WAPA is asking lawmakers to raise the fee for pole disconnections in cases involving grow houses, service theft, threats to staff, or other criminal activity from $25 to $275, allow up to 12 months of back-billing for large users,…
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…even more unreliable electric service during the holiday season. WAPA, earlier this month, failed to make the most recent payment to Vitol, its propane fuel supplier, resulting in the temporary loss of a critical source of fuel fo…
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