…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 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…
The WAPA Governing Board on Monday approved a 240-day extension and $448,910.49 cost increase to the Undergrounding Project in Cruz Bay during an emergency meeting. WAPA said the project was met with unforeseen circumstances that …
…cents in the per gallon price of propane fuel. The increase, which WAPA says will have no effect on electrical rates for its customers, comes at the request of VITOL to continue the postponement (forbearance) of payments the autho…
…community members - held an emergency meeting Monday in response to WAPA Deputy General Counsel Mark Kragel’s Facebook proclamation “F*ck Black Lives Matter.” WAPA Board members boldly affirmed that, in fact, “black lives do matte…
…units will be installed at the Randolph Harley Power Plant. During a WAPA board meeting Thursday, board Vice Chair Noel Loftus said once the generation units are installed, an improvement in LEAC of 3-4 cents is expected. An impro…
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