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WAPA
…General released details of its probe of the contract between WAPA and VITOL on Monday. The contract was entered into primarily to facilitate conversion of the territory’s power plants from diesel fuel to propane. At that time, WA…
WAPA
…push" at the authority to lower bill guesstimating — which sees WAPA estimating the utility bills of its customers instead of getting an accurate reading — to below two percent per billing cycle. The authority also spoke of the ri…
Government
…publication and this reporter for a story that laid bare an internal WAPA audit alleging rampant corruption within the authority, with longtime WAPA executive Gregory Rhymer at the center of the damning allegations. Ms. George hon…
WAPA
…two purposes: for an update on the YES Cares Act Funds, which saw WAPA receiving some $15 million from federal pandemic grants — given to the authority by the Bryan administration to provide residential customers with a $250 rebat…
Politics
…into another crisis situation. "I reiterate that I believe declaring WAPA in a state of emergency would be important,” Ms. Plaskett said in press release on Sunday, one day after WAPA's liquid propane supplier suspended delivery o…
WAPA
…Brown Jr. of Family and Faith African Methodist Episcopal Church and WAPA electric customer, the Water and Power Authority rate issue boils down to two basic concepts: trust and accountability. And both are absent from the public …
Politics
…spent the better part of this year in all-out protest against WAPA’s latest bid for an increase in utility rates, Governor Albert Bryan has been quietly using his bully pulpit to help push through the unpopular rate hike. In a two…
VIC News · Archive
…power interruptions have subsided, but for much of the summer, WAPA struggled to keep power generation consistent, resulting, at its peak, in daily power outages in the St. Thomas-St. John District, with St. Croix suffering a simi…
WAPA · Archive
…Power Authority aggressively campaigns for consumer rate increases, WAPA’s governing board was busy on Thursday turning down an opportunity to recoup millions of dollars in hurricane losses by re-filing and settling claims with it…
Community Center · Archive
…water service. From the lessons learned after the 2017 hurricanes, WAPA said it has reorganized and provided staff awareness of its approach to emergency response, safety, hurricane preparedness, and recovery response. “We have de…
Community Center · Archive
…for the Randolph Harley Power Plant located in Krum Bay, St. Thomas, WAPA announced late Saturday. The generators, manufactured by Wartsila, arrived on Saturday, and along with associated equipment, will be transported to the grou…
Community Center · Archive
…the latest update. At Governor Mapp’s Monday night news conference, WAPA Executive Director Julio A. Rhymer, Sr. provided a broad overview of the restoration work underway and that which has already been completed. On St. Croix, R…
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