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Community Center · Archive
…unit tripped followed by the subsequent failure of two other units, WAPA has announced. “WAPA’s Unit 15, a 20- megawatt generator, tripped at approximately 7:20 pm on a fuel-related issue, and two rental units, 26 and 27, subseque…
Disaster Recovery · Archive
…Harley Power Plant on St. Thomas, seen above, Saturday afternoon, WAPA announced Sunday. The visit was part of the congressional delegation’s stop in the Virgin Islands. Governor Kenneth Mapp was in attendance at the brief power p…
Business · Archive
…say that following the federal government's $625 million funding to WAPA to be used for modernization, the authority should see a 50 percent reduction in fuel cost -- leading to roughly a 50 percent trimming of their electric bill…
Community Center · Archive
…overnight, and that operations were back to normal. On Saturday WAPA reported that customers on Water Island and Smith Bay in St. John had lost power. The utility said the interruption was caused after Feeder 5A tripped. WAPA said…
VIC News · Archive
…will allow residents in both districts an opportunity to inform WAPA if they have not yet been restored. This includes customers who are either missing service connections to their weather heads, missing meters, or who were bypass…
Community Center · Archive
…customers to call. The customer’s information will be collected by a WAPA employee on St. John, and will then be channeled to the appropriate divisions so restoration can be scheduled. The goal is once a customer makes contact wit…
Community Center · Archive
…the territory-wide restoration percentage to 60. That leaves WAPA with 30 percent restoration to go in 8 more days, if it hopes to meet its goal of 90 percent restoration by December 24. But even with the daunting task of meeting …
Community Center · Archive
…total number of restored customers continues to increase each day, WAPA said Wednesday. The restoration is estimated at approximately 57 percent territory-wide, and the utility said crews will continue to restore customers in the …
Community Center · Archive
…and shipments of materials and supplies are on island to augment WAPA’s restoration efforts in both districts. On St. Thomas Thursday, additional customers in Frenchtown and Hull Bay were energized while other crews continued reco…
Community Center · Archive
…of a transmission feeder that will bring electrical service to the WAPA East End substation, and subsequently to customers on St. John as well as the Red Hook and Nazareth areas of St. Thomas. On St. John, additional poles were pl…
Community Center · Archive
…poles to UVI on Feeder 6A as well as to Peterborg on Feeder 8B. WAPA and its contractors are working to energize sections of Feeders 8A and 8B this week. Over the weekend, crews completed repairs and energized the Ron de Lugo Fede…
VIC News · Archive
…Islands Water and Power Authority. Mrs. Hansen says sources inside WAPA has relayed to her that WAPA has reverted back to using oil to provide electricity to the territory, because it owes the propane supplier $20 million and has …
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