…GERS's case) but have not yet received any request of discovery from WAPA. WAPA has been struggling to service its debts, admitting in October that it owed vendors an accumulative $223 million. A majority of that amount, approxima…
…Smith requesting a three-month extension through September. Although WAPA is paying much more than 41 cents per kilowatt hour for the cost of fuel, the Bryan administration has been subsidizing the authority with roughly $4 millio…
…a lot from them. "Make time for your people. These men and women in WAPA work very hard, please find time to meet to talk with them, you will learn a lot,” Mr. Johnson told Mr. Smith Friday during a meeting of the Committee on Dis…
…Energy Adjustment Clause, or LEAC, which is the cost of fuel to WAPA that is passed on to consumers. Mr. Bryan described the increases in electricity bills as "imminent" and said his administration has been thinking of different w…
…questions on the Office of the Inspector General's scathing audit of WAPA's VITOL project. According to a release from the Office of the Senate President, Donna Frett-Gregory, "The 34th Legislature will convene in Committee of the…
…first meeting under a new structure required by law. Debra Gottlieb, WAPA interim chief financial officer, presented the budgets to the governing body. The board approved WAPA's $279,216,404 Electric System Operating Budget for fi…
…Fitch on Monday maintained its negative watch rating on a number of WAPA bonds, pointing to the potential for government oversight of the authority and the heightened default risk on covenants. The negative watch rating of CCC was…
…the St. Croix district have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, WAPA said Wednesday. The authority said that immediately upon notification of the positive results, its Human Resources Department and Incident Command team respo…
Calls for the removal of WAPA Deputy Legal Counsel, Mark Kragel, is growing louder with each passing moment he remains at the authority, with the latest voices being a number of senators, including Senator Donna Frett-Gregory who …
Gov. Albert Bryan called for the termination of a high ranking WAPA lawyer over a racially charged social media post by the attorney. “Fired,” Gov. Bryan said when asked Monday for his reaction to a Facebook post by the Water and …
…cycle as a period not exceeding 35 days, which would prohibit WAPA from its double billing strategy of 60 days. The measure was unanimously supported by senators during an emergency session on March 27. “I am extremely disappointe…
…The authority's executive director, Lawrence J. Kupfer, said that WAPA will make the temporary repairs and/or install needed streetlights until such time as the Public Works Department can make permanent repairs or a complete repl…
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