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…with several generators at the Randolph Harley Power Plant, WAPA said Monday. The district is experiencing a more than four and a half hour blackout which began at approximately 4 a.m. today. WAPA spokesman Jean Greaux, Jr. said t…
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…to prevent vegetation overgrowth from impacting electrical circuits, WAPA said. When tree limbs or broken branches impact the electrical system, specifically, primary service lines, electrical faults trip distribution feeders whic…
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WAPA said Friday that an extension to existing lines of credit with Banco Popular and changes to signatories on bank accounts were among the items approved by its governing board during an emergency meeting on Thursday. Board memb…
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…St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and Hassel Island were affected, WAPA said. On Saturday afternoon, a faulty fire detector in a WAPA-owned generator led to the shutdown of the unit, a cascading effect on other dispatched units, …
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…to support three electrical underground projects on St. Croix, WAPA said. These initial projects, which are federally funded by FEMA and HUD, are located at the Wilfred “Bomba” Allick Port and Transshipment Center, Golden Grove, a…
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…Plant will undergo a scheduled preventative maintenance regimen, WAPA has announced. During this period, the propane-fired Aggreko units will not be available. A third diesel generator, Unit 20, is currently on maintenance, and no…
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ST. CROIX — WAPA said Friday that it may implement a short-term rotating power schedule on St. Croix this afternoon and into the evening as operational challenges continue at the Richmond Power Plant. The authority said plant pers…
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…coronavirus pandemic sparks a downturn in the global economy. Yet WAPA Executive Director, Lawrence Kupfer, said on Wednesday that the utility sought to maintain the current rate instead of passing on savings to customers, because…
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ST. CROIX — WAPA executives participated in a call-in press briefing with the media at 5pm Sunday to explain why the island of St. Croix had experienced back-to-back island-wide power outages Saturday and Sunday. And while the aut…
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…recovery from major outages — in particular, wind storms — where WAPA’s overhead and exposed assets are compromised. The project supports WAPA’s bid to have 50 percent of the utility’s customers accessing electrical service throug…
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…The petition to the Legislature’s Committee of the Whole asks that WAPA be urged to turn over within 120 days of an Oct 1. hearing certain financial records to the VI Inspector General for a detailed forensic audit. Within 90 days…
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…retained a team of stateside insurance consultants to re-evaluate WAPA’s shockingly low initial damage estimates from the 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria. Ironically, WAPA’s administrative offices were powered by generator during t…
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