…Authority customers, the V.I. Public Services Commission (PSC) dealt WAPA a major – and somewhat unexpected – setback on Thursday. In a series of 4-0 votes, PSC members pumped the brakes on the base utility rate increase WAPA had …
…of a $140 million buyout of its propane infrastructure within WAPA. Vitol on Wednesday suspended propane supply to the U.S. Virgin Islands after WAPA refused the company's proposal of $140 million buyout of Vitol's propane infrast…
…challenges and opportunities, according to a press release WAPA issued today. Hodge provided an overview of WAPA’s challenges being significantly dependent on fuel oil in generating electricity and outlined numerous initiatives no…
…— announced a plan whose aim is to provide small residential WAPA customers with energy independence through the installation of solar panels at their homes. The program targets 1,000 WAPA customers per year, and these customers w…
…on operated under a state of emergency under our former leadership. WAPA has been hard pressed to re-establish its pre-hurricane revenue streams that was inadequate at best. This has caused a hardship that has been passed on to bo…
…is currently met by renewable energy systems that are net metered to WAPA's grid. In the St. Thomas-St. John district, that number is almost 12% of peak demand. This does not include the utility-scale solar projects being built at…
…calling for a state of emergency declaration to address the crisis. WAPA CEO Andrew Smith, in a detailed discussion with the Senate Committee on Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure, and Planning, attributed the problem to the island…
…that allowed one fee to expire, while a separate surcharge that WAPA had applied for several months ago is expected to be approved in February. Against WAPA's plea to extend a recovery fee of 5 cents per kilowatt hour that was in …
…of 15 percent. The purchase was made through a private group, as WAPA and the VI government do not have access to the open bond market because of junk-rated bonds. The debt could have been avoided, Mr. Mosler said, through what he…
…to somewhat alter its restoration plans: Moving forward, when WAPA is working to restore power in neighborhoods, it will bypass homes whose generators are back-feeding power into grids. The bypassed homes will not be restored unti…
…and insufficient fraud details, the court dismissed claims against WAPA contractors Itron and Tantalus. WAPA still faces a due process claim tied to alleged service termination without proper notice.