As the restoration of service continues in both districts, by WAPA Line Department personnel as well as on and off-island contractors, some customers in the following areas are targeted for service restoration this week and into t…
…days a week, 9 am – 5 pm. If your electric meter was removed by WAPA personnel to facilitate repairs to either a meter base and/or weather head, once repairs are completed and a licensed electrician certifies the work, in writing,…
…work since Hurricane Irma on September 6 has been carried out by WAPA personnel and on-island contractors namely, Fortress Electric on St. Croix and Bryan’s Electric on St. Thomas. Assessments will be made over the next several da…
…effect on the feeders. More than 14,000 customers were affected, WAPA said. WAPA said its line department crews were dispatched to address isolated electrical service interruptions across portions of the island late Thursday. Affe…
…a new leak was detected on the deteriorated water main, according to WAPA. As a result, service will again be affected to all customers west of VITEMA headquarters including the Contant Knolls housing community as crews begin a ne…
ST. THOMAS -- Personnel at WAPA’s Randolph Harley Power Plant worked into the early morning hours of Saturday to restore electrical service to the St. Thomas – St. John district following a failure of Unit 23 and a subsequent casc…
…repair work on Company Street, above, which has been badly mangled WAPA piping work -- Phase I of the Christiansted Waterline Rehab Project. St. Croix senators have long complained about the substandard conditions of Company Stree…
…– In a letter sent to Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Executive Director Julio Rhymer on Thursday, Senate President Neville James inquired about the status of contracts executed between the authority and its contra…
…benefits other than pensions, requires that entities such as WAPA reserve for retiree medical plan liability. “To accomplish this mandate, WAPA has elected to create a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA), which is a …
…near eight-hour long electric service interruption, a press release WAPA issued late Tuesday has revealed. The island-wide service interruption began shortly after 4 a.m. and resulted from human error during fuel operations. “We i…
…The second agenda item before the board was a request to authorize WAPA to consent to a change in control of St. Croix Solar, LLC and St. Croix Solar II, LLC, to Gardner, STX Solar, LLC. The item relates to Power Purchase Agreemen…
…I don't have customers, I don't have employees, and I can't pay my WAPA bill. "There's always a delay in every change," Yusuf continued. "If the vendor doesn't pass on the savings to me, I can't pass it on to the customers. Now, i…
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