…The statement follows Vitol's decision — made known to the public by WAPA on Wednesday — to suspend propane supply to the USVI, a move that would result in rotating blackouts territory-wide, according to WAPA, if the matter is not…
…audit making damning accusations against Gregory Rhymer, a longtime WAPA executive — unearthed more troubling dealings at the territory's only utility for water and power as senators dug into the authority's executives and board m…
…following the Consortium's article on a letter from vice chairman of WAPA's governing board, Jed JohnHope addressed to board chairman Anthony Thomas, which also included a 2014 audit of WAPA. The audit revealed shocking allegation…
Governor Albert Bryan acknowledged that WAPA CEO and Executive Director, Lawrence Kupfer, who started his tenure at WAPA on March 1, 2018, has asked the board not to renew his three-year, over $200,000 a year contract, which expir…
…BIR Director Joel Lee, and members Elizabeth Armstrong, retired WAPA employee Hubert Turnbull and Boynes Jackson. WAPA Communications Director Jean Greaux, Jr., in response to a request for confirmation of this story said he is no…
…position that the private sector cannot be relied upon to bail out WAPA due to the authority’s and the Government of the Virgin Islands’ mismanagement, and once again said it opposes WAPA's request for a base rate increase. On Thu…
…and debit cards of multiple Virgin Islands residents tied to their WAPA account were compromised recently, with two residents -- one whose card was charged $363 for soccer tickets in France, and another whose U.S. bank blocked mul…
…and water crisis in the territory and federal intervention to set WAPA back on course. The “WAPA Must Go” campaign was created last month on Change.Org. The original goal of the campaign was to obtain 2,000 electronic signatures, …
…is prepared to move beyond words and actually reform and restructure WAPA, either through legislative means or an emergency declaration supported by the federal government. In the intern, WAPA has buried any hope for economic reco…
…strongly worded release comes on the heels of a landslide of woes to WAPA. The authority was chided by lawmakers during a Wednesday Senate session for a number of reasons, among them some $2.3 million of missing WAPA funds that wo…
The Public Services Commission on Monday approved a WAPA electric base rate increase of 3.1 cents, which the utility told the PSC is a temporary necessity in order to pay for a number of incurred costs, including new Wärtsilä gene…
…rescinded on January 26, following contention that arose from one of WAPA’s items for consideration at a PSC meeting last month. The disagreements came relative to a consulting firm hired by the PSC to evaluate whether WAPA had ta…
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