Here's WAPA's latest power and potable water restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM Restoration and reconstruction work continued in both districts on Monday. The focus remains on reconstructing the backbone of the electrical system.…
…post-Hurricanes Irma and Maria restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAPA has formalized the mobilization of 240 linemen from the United States to aid WAPA line personnel, and on-island contractors in the restoration of electrical s…
Here's WAPA's latest update on power and water restoration territory-wide: LECTRIC SYSTEM - ST. CROIX Six restoration crews are working today in the following areas of St. Croix: William’s Delight, Cotton Valley, Lowry Hill, Cathe…
…but a formal notification from officials at Scotiabank left WAPA with few choices. The bank advised us that beginning on August 15, 2017, it would only accept utility payments from Scotiabank account holders, and for those custome…
…for the utility’s electric and water systems. The budgets cover WAPA’s fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018, WAPA made known at a board meeting on Thursday. The board approved the following budgets: Electric S…
…in or plan to enroll in an accredited engineering program,” said WAPA Executive Director Julio A. Rhymer, Sr. He noted that the scholarships aid the efforts of the Authority in maintaining highly skilled technical employees and in…
ST. THOMAS -- WAPA announced this afternoon that as the Randolph Harley Power Plant on St. Thomas continues to be challenged by the lack of adequate generation capacity to meet an increasing demand for electrical service, the semi…
…the public utility in planning the future of its power generation, WAPA made known via press release Friday. The plan resulted from a study conducted by WAPA consultant, Black & Veatch, after two rounds of public meetings and sess…
…units would provide renewed operational reliability and efficiency, WAPA says. ST. THOMAS -- Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Julio A. Rhymer, Sr., above, said Tuesday WAPA is beginning the acquis…
…continued work on major waterline projects in both island districts, WAPA announced via press release Thursday. Meeting here at its monthly meeting, the board voted to correct language in a previously approved change order for the…
…completion of water line rehabilitation in Christiansted, St. Croix. WAPA Executive Director Hugo V. Hodge, Jr., who will leave the job that he's held for more than eights in June after board members failed to renew his contract, …
…will affect customers in the Frenchtown Ballpark area. According to WAPA, the interruption is necessary to allow crews to remove cutouts from a utility pole by the Frenchtown Post Office and relocate them to a pole by the PG gas s…
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