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PFA Selects Ernst & Young as WAPA Turnaround Management Company
…an in-depth assessment and propose strategic improvements for WAPA, amidst ongoing operational and financial challenges
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Government
Confusion: Sen. Carla Joseph Agrees to Defer WAPA Hearing to Oct. or Nov., Then Subpoena's Authority For Not Showing Up in September
…to give people the benefit of the doubt and I tried to work with WAPA in setting dates that would be amendable for them to come forward," Ms. Joseph said during the Tuesday hearing. She then moved that WAPA be subpoenaed to appear…
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Gittens Calls for 'Further Investigation of all Parties Involved' Following Inspector General's WAPA Audit Findings
…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…
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At Board Meeting, WAPA Talks Plan to Reduce Bill Guesstimating to Below 2 Percent, Expresses Concern at Rising Cost of Propane
…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
Denise George, USVI Attorney General, Slams Consortium's Reporting But Refuses to Answer Questions; Feds Have 'No Comment' On Investigation of WAPA Following Leak
…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…
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At WAPA Hearing, Vague Responses on Fluctuating Power Bills, Opposition to Board Dismantling for New Oversight Board
…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
Congresswoman Plaskett Again Calls for WAPA State of Emergency; Bryan Continues to Resist
…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…
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Dozens of WAPA Customers Vent Frustrations for a Last Time Before Thursday's PSC Vote
…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
As Ratepayers Protest WAPA, Bryan Urges PSC To Vote in Favor of Rate Increase
…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
After Roasting WAPA Officials Publicly, What's Senators' Next Move? Legislation To Strengthen PSC, Reform WAPA Board, Lawmakers Say
…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
On Two-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Irma, WAPA Board Rejects Call To Hire Insurance Experts To Help Recover As Much As $50 Million In Covered Storm Losses
…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
Be Prepared For Possible Power Outage, Water Interruption During Hurricane Season, WAPA Advises
…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…