…public Governing Board Zoom meeting on Thursday afternoon, WAPA approved a quote of $223,300, set aside from the $14.5 million CARES Act funds for the spot-repair, level and overlay of Long Reef Road with asphalt. In response to a…
…aimed at hardening the utility’s electric and water systems, WAPA has announced. The board awarded a $5.9 million underground project management contract to FX Bonnes, a company that has done work with WAPA in the past, said the a…
…In 2013 – a year after the closure of HOVENSA on St. Croix – WAPA contracted with the VITOL Group, one of the world’s biggest traders and exporters of natural gas liquids like propane. WAPA and the privately owned Dutch company st…
…boost in the form of technical assistance from New York State, WAPA said in a release issued Friday. According to the authority, on January 4 WAPA entered into a memorandum of understanding with the New York Power Authority (NYPA)…
…the grid which poses a severe safety risk to restoration crews. Find WAPA's latest update below. ELECTRIC SYSTEM Restoration and reconstruction crews made steady progress in both island districts on Thursday. On St. Croix, line cr…
…hike that would have increased the power bills of roughly 29,000 WAPA customers. The authorization would have resulted in power bill increases from a current rate of $121.95 for residents consuming about 400 kwh monthly, to $138.1…
…CROIX -- Officials of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) gathered at the company's Sunny Isle conference room on Thursday, April 23 to update the media on progress made on a myriad of projects, and to dispel certa…
WAPA says repairs to Unit 27 raised output from about 14 megawatts to as much as 18, ending rotating outages in the St. Thomas-St. John district while planned overnight outages July 13 and 14 will support Feeder 13 and 7E Ridge Ro…
…approved a 536-day no-cost extension for Haugland to supplement WAPA during restoration, while officials said contracts will be rebid after hurricane season and a $3 million order for long-lead transformers remains pending amid st…
WAPA said Unit 27 repairs and the successful repair of the 24-inch Polyberg Hill main line leak are moving service closer to stabilization, though Units 15, 23 and 27 remain offline and the district still lacks enough generation t…
…in the current cashflow problems at V.I. Water and Power Authority. WAPA CEO and Executive Director, Andrew Smith admitted to legislatures on Wednesday that the authority is on the brink of falling out of the hands of Virgin Islan…
"WAPA needs to do something!" That's the call from Hurbert Turnbull, a member of the governing board of the Virgin Island Water and Power Authority. Turnbull wants management to act with urgency about outstanding payments to the G…
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