…a meter belonging to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (“WAPA”) that had been tampered with and altered. In doing so, he was able to facilitate his marijuana grow operation, with the purpose of avoiding payment to WAPA …
…resident, criticized the Public Services Commission for allowing a WAPA fuel surcharge to expire (the surcharge expires on Dec. 31), defended WAPA and promoted the authority's 4-year plan, and criticized senators for hitting pause…
…Services Commission (PSC) has recommended the panel approve the WAPA request for a total $29.7 million increase in the base utility rate. Hearing Examiner Kye Walker, whose technical report is a guide-post for PSC decision-making,…
…seeking feedback from the community on the proposed increase in the WAPA base electric rate. For nearly two hours Wednesday evening business owners and residential ratepayers pled with PSC staff to reject the Water and Power Autho…
…no one had arrived; save for a handful of individuals, most likely WAPA employees, who did not comment. The matter at hand is consequential. The PSC has delayed action on the WAPA base rate increase request multiple times, and gav…
View the original embedded media While lawmakers took testimony from WAPA officials in the Legislative building on St. Thomas Tuesday, protesters rallied with homemade signs and anti-WAPA chants. People from St. Thomas and St. Cro…
With what I consider a crisis at WAPA, I am sure the issue of privatization will once again be on the table. It is probably under the table already! When Southern Energy was seeking to buy the utility, several of us raised the pos…
…accident totaled the truck, mangling its frontend. It also cut the WAPA pole in half and left the upper part dangling from the sky, and was being held up by utility lines. Traffic was not impeded by the accident, as the totaled Si…
…Plan (IRP) for the U.S. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). An IRP is a comprehensive decision support tool and road map for meeting a company's objective of providing reliable and least-cost electric service to custo…
…above, along with the CAT-branded generator (see feature image). WAPA said in a release that a tripped generating unit at the Estate Richmond Power Plant led to all feeders falling off-line. The blackout also led to potable water …
…service interruption has affected the island of St. Croix. WAPA said that at approximately 6:49 pm, generation capacity at the Estate Richmond Power Plant was lost, tripping all feeders in the district. At 7:57 p.m., power had yet…
…an electrical service interruption beginning at 5:00 p.m. today, WAPA has announced. The service interruption is necessary to facilitate work on the Main Street Enhancement Project, according to the utility. Customers on Raadets, …
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