ST. CROIX -- On Friday, from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., electrical service will be interrupted to a small section of customers on St. Croix Feeder 1A, while the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority crews install underground switc…
…Protection Agency, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) will come into compliance with the federal Clean Air Act at its Krum Bay facility on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay facility on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a pre…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has activated an emergency call center on St. Croix, acting upon the sudden arrival of tropical storm Bertha as we move into the more active months of this year's hurricane season. Cust…
Knight said WAPA is short 4 MW during midday peaks and 8 MW in the evening, with Units 15 and 23 offline, Unit 27 below capacity and Wartsila engines sidelined; new generation could ease St. Thomas-St. John rotations by December i…
Jackson-Williams said she would prepare before meeting with WAPA officials if elected, but acknowledged she had not reviewed the authority’s recent briefing and offered no reform plan for the utility’s outages, costs and long-runn…
The PSC voted Tuesday to keep WAPA’s electricity LEAC at 22.22 cents per kilowatt hour through year-end after the required rate investigation was delayed by funding constraints, unpaid utility assessments and deficiencies in the f…
…repairs ended the LBJ wastewater overflow early Sunday, while WAPA has suspended Richmond water production pending test results. A separate E. coli boil-water advisory remains in effect for affected Frederiksted customers as well.
…should be ready to remain self-sufficient for at least 10 days. WAPA says it is cash-strapped and lacks materials for major repairs, while about 2,000 sandbags remain available now.
…concerns over why functioning school cisterns are often secondary to WAPA service even as water interruptions, bottled-water needs and questions about testing affect campuses across the territory. Craig Benjamin, chief executive o…