…authority. The law, which reduced cabinet-level appointments to WAPA’s Governing Board from 3 to 1 and imposed requirements for specific professional expertise among board members, survived Mr. Bryan’s veto pen in 2021. However, i…
Governor Albert Bryan along with VITEMA and WAPA representatives on Sunday provided an update to the public on the impacts of Hurricane Fiona (a tropical storm at the time), which is moving away from the U.S. Virgin Islands and is…
…approved a motion for G.E.R.S. management to reach a settlement with WAPA over its failure to pay outstanding contributions that WAPA deducted from employees salaries but has not remitted to the pension system. The settlement also…
…had not provided the funding for the change order. Vernon Alexander, WAPA project management director, said the funding from FEMA is something that has been discussed and documented. "We just haven't gotten that final written docu…
…by the 34th Legislature to bring about change to the governance of WAPA, members of the embattled utility’s governing board and the authority’s top management were reportedly planning various board meetings, despite the fact that …
…providers and for other purposes related to the PSC and WAPA. In a 13-0 vote Tuesday (Sens. Sarauw and Milton Potter were absent) — Ms. Sarauw is out of the territory with her mother who is receiving medical care — lawmakers breez…
…an independent investigation is necessary to root out corruption at WAPA and to help restore accountability to the institution. To that end, Mr. Gittens has introduced Bill No. 34-0080, which calls for the appointment of a special…
…Facebook comments set social media on fire in the territory, said WAPA board chairman Anthony Thomas. Online comments were posted over the weekend in which Mr. Kragel, who is white, describes the Black Lives Matter movement as a “…
…challenges at the Randolph Harley Power Plant on St. Thomas, WAPA personnel have led a troubleshooting regimen toward resolving issues a the plant's largest generator, Unit 23, in an effort to resolve recent generation capacity ch…
…Disaster Recovery (O.D.R.) has announced. These funds will support WAPA in its efforts to finance upcoming management activities and reimbursement for costs associated with recovery projects initiated to reconstruct after the dama…
…and it will be redeveloped with a capacity of 5.025 megawatts, WAPA said. BMR Renewables, which also owns the solar farm in Spanish Town, St. Croix, will purchase the Donoe facilities from Western Solar Parent, LLC. The amended an…
…was posted on the business and finance publication’s website just as WAPA returns to the VI Public Services Commission at 9 a.m. Thursday (today) in its quest to continue fleecing the people of this territory with another base rat…
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