…Water and Power Authority from FEMA to go toward management costs. “WAPA operates as the sole public electric utility on St. Thomas, supplying the electric energy needs of the communities on St. Thomas and nearby islands of Water …
…over government operations and consumer affairs, had scheduled a WAPA hearing for Friday. The senator expressed her displeasure by using her entire 10 minutes during the first round of questioning on Tuesday, when testifiers were …
…12,140 customers received bills for a period of 36 days. “While WAPA endeavors to be in compliance with all laws governing its operations, including those which dictate specific limits on billing periods, this was an instance wher…
…at the authority with no one to rein in the spending. Holding up a WAPA document that welcomed the authority's new CFO, William Schmidt, while keeping in the interim outgoing CFO Debra Gottlieb, Mr. Gittens expressed outrage. "...…
…$1.4 million in federal grants to boost rebuilding efforts while WAPA is going to receiving $1.6 million to cover the “management costs” incurred when the authority received millions more in federal dollars to help storm recovery …
…of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress last month — to WAPA, while providing Virgin Islands households with some relief. According to Government House, credits in the amounts of $250 for residential accounts and $500 fo…
…event in less than 24 hours. Relative to the latest outage, WAPA said plant personnel were working to restore generators at the power plant which will facilitate service restoration. On Saturday, an island-wide power outage affect…
…event in less than 24 hours. Relative to the latest outage, WAPA said plant personnel were working to restore generators at the power plant which will facilitate service restoration. On Saturday, an island-wide power outage affect…
…negative. Moody's downgrades followed Fitch's negative watch on WAPA bonds on Sept. 20. Moody's said the downgrade of the senior electric system revenue bond rating to Caa2 reflects Moody's view that the default risk of the Virgin…
…reflects mounting concerns that a restructuring of, or default on, WAPA's outstanding debt may be probable following comments by public officials that loan forgiveness and financial assistance from federal agencies should be sough…
…that have been affected by a major electrical service interruption, WAPA said in a 6:00 a.m. alert today. The district wide service outage has affected the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island, and Hassel Island since app…
…Gittens's office, the senator calling for investigative hearings on WAPA so that legislators have an opportunity to chart the best course forward, which he said is most likely a public-private partnership. “I have formally request…
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