…34th Legislature after the governor’s veto, reduced the number of WAPA Board members from nine to seven "by specifically removing two out of three of the executive cabinet members from the WAPA Board, and specifically appointing t…
…to satisfy the demand for electrical service in the district,” said WAPA Interim CEO Noel Hodge. According to WAPA, on Saturday morning, all generating units tripped offline simultaneously resulting in the district-wide electrical…
…and Public Service Commission on a bill that would limit how much WAPA would be able to charge when they estimate a bill but while Senators agreed that it was well intentioned they believed it would open the door to legally allow …
…than 500 customers experienced an electrical service interruption as WAPA personnel planted a new utility pole, installed a pole-mounted transformer, as well as primary and secondary service lines and other electrical equipment, W…
WAPA on Tuesday residents on the west end of St. Croix that its contractor, Leumas Engineering, will commence repaving streets and roadways in Frederiksted this week. Work will continue until all roads have been repaved and water …
…with what is taking place with the V.I. Water and Power Authority (WAPA), I cannot continue to be silent on what appears to be gross mismanagement and a lack of accountability. I know that this issue, like so many others in our co…
…complicating a delicate reopening for those without generators. WAPA said the power outage — deemed a "major electrical service interruption" — affected all customers on St. Thomas and St. John following the loss of generation cap…
…the cost of the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause (LEAC). She urged WAPA officials in an April 20 letter to revise the authority's most recent LEAC filing for July 1 through December 31, 2020, to reflect the steady decline in the…
Much like the V.I. Water and Power Authority (WAPA), the Puerto Rican government industrial development agency lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The AP ci…
…in advance of the V.I. Public Services Commission (PSC) vote on WAPA’s latest bid for a utility rate increase. The V.I. Alliance for Consumer Justice petition urges PSC board members to reject the Water and Power Authority bid for…
…all of St. Thomas and St. John over the past two days was because WAPA resorted to using a rental generating unit known to be an unreliable source of power. “The performance of Unit 26, a 25-megawatt rental unit, has been question…
…hearing on Thursday came two days after Senate lawmakers subjected WAPA officials to 12 hours of intense questioning during a legislative session in which utility officials acknowledged systemic failures in financial management, a…
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