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VIC News · Archive
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) experienced a fault in an auxiliary transformer at the Randolph Harley power plant at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, which compromised the generation protection scheme, resul…
Business · Archive
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) and its propane conversion contractor, VITOL, have postponed Sunday's planned movement of two of the 10 storage tanks that will be put in service on St. Thomas. The decision was …
Business · Archive
…St. Croix and a struggling economy, some local workers employed at WAPA's propane conversion facility construction site in Christiansted are voicing their disapproval of an influx of imported workers from neighboring islands, as w…
Government · Archive
…according to a press release issued about the the board's action. WAPA's first fuel hedge program existed from July 2006 through the early part of 2011. The Authority says it believes that given the decreasing cost of fuel, the ti…
VIC News · Archive
A streetlight affixed to a WAPA pole in Christiansted, close to Sonya's Jewelry, fell from the pole Friday afternoon and crashed into a car, then a taxi bus, stalling traffic for about an hour while police investigated the inciden…
VIC News · Archive
On Thursday, Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. praised the efforts of WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge, Jr. and a local line crew that was sent to Anguilla to assist in recovery efforts stemming from damage sustained by Hurricane G…
Politics · Archive
…bills in the territory are expected to be reduced by 30 percent once WAPA's propane initiative goes online in the first quarter of 2015. Clifford's amendment takes some of the savings away by allowing WAPA to bill street-light usa…
VIC News · Archive
…morning at 8 a.m. on St. Croix, the company has made known. WAPA says the interruption will allow the transfer of feeder 8, an aged feeder located in Christiansted, to a new substation WAPA is calling feeder 8B, located at the Rem…
WAPA
…Karl Knight, chief executive of the Water and Power Authority during WAPA's Thursday governing board meeting. However, public comments from Governor Albert Bryan Jr. in a different forum add a new dimension to WAPA's recent strugg…
WAPA
…John district as crews continue urgent repairs. At 5:00 p.m., WAPA outlined scheduled outages as follows: 5:00–7:00 p.m.: Feeder 7b and a portion of feeder 7e 7:00–9:00 p.m.: Feeder 9c and part of feeder 10b 9:00–10:00 p.m.: Feede…
WAPA
…the successful vendor. About three weeks prior to that announcement, WAPA CEO Karl Knight – without going into detail – had informed members of the governing board that a request for proposals, issued earlier this year, was unsucc…
Business
Despite its role in WAPA’s first failed AMI metering deployment, Itron has been awarded a $30 million contract to replace the malfunctioning system. Officials cited the company's improved technology, competitive pricing, and lower…
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