…on Unit 23 before the unit is certified to return to service, WAPA has announced. “The performance testing will cap a major maintenance overhaul that the unit has undergone. Originally slated to return to service in September 2017…
…Tuesday's Committee of the Whole hearing. In a letter sent today to WAPA CEO Lawrence Kupfer, Mr. Francis indicated that work to correct a low voltage problem at the Capitol Building was scheduled without advance notification to L…
View the original embedded media Ironically, while WAPA executives were getting roasted by lawmakers during Tuesday's hearing, the power briefly went out. But the outage wasn't caused by WAPA, explained Clinton Hedrington Jr., chi…
…There are more to come. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Executive Director Lawrence Kupfer said Monday that residential and business customers can expect the regular loss of electricity in the St. Thomas-St. John D…
…Districts regularly. The problem was at its worst a week ago, when WAPA initiated rolling blackouts on September 6. That day alone, various parts of the St. Thomas-St. John District had lost power about four times. An island-wide …
…to your attention the cause of the forgotten unionized employees at WAPA. The public has been inundated with the myriad of problems and debts WAPA faces. This writer will not bore you with a reminder of those obligations owed, how…
WAPA ratepayers have recently noticed a new surcharge on their electric bill. Puzzled as to why, residents have been complaining about the new rate hike, which is an additional 3 cents per kilowatt hour. WAPA Communications Direct…
…were suffering from the high cost of unreliable energy provided by WAPA -- a cost that the entity is looking to increase by three cents. “I will not support another dollar going to WAPA from special funds,” the senator said. On Su…
…They both refused to respond to requests for comment via email. WAPA’s Vitol update Recently The Consortium reported that Vitol, the company keeping power on through its supply of propane and system maintenance at the Virgin Islan…
…Islands by Christmas. Here's the latest update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAPA’s reconstruction and restoration crews continue to make steady progress across the territory with service being restored to a growing number of customers each da…
…water restoration update. ELECTRIC SYSTEM On St. Thomas Tuesday, WAPA’s reconstruction and restoration crews energized additional customers in Hospital Ground, Estate Thomas and along the main route on Feeder 7C from the Cassi Hil…
…work, bringing the total to more than 500 so far, according to WAPA's latest restoration update. The utility's goal is to restore power to 90 percent of the territory by Christmas, a projection that has not changed since its annou…
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