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WAPA
After WAPA said apparent vandalism disrupted St. John’s transmission line Saturday night, power was briefly restored Sunday morning before another failure knocked the island back offline, leaving residents still without electricit…
WAPA
As FEMA funds a full smart meter replacement, WAPA CEO Karl Knight admits past procurement errors. WAPA is now vetting technology thoroughly, renegotiating contracts, and requiring vendors to be accountable for servicing and maint…
WAPA
…to finalize the buyout and acquisition of Vitol infrastructure at WAPA, bringing significant financial relief and stability amid ongoing power outages
Business · Archive
…tenure working in government. He was thrust into the CEO position at WAPA after the removal of Hugo Hodge in January 2016. A search for a permanent CEO was launched, and in August 2016, Mr. Rhymer was given the job. “In the end, w…
Opinion · Archive
…forced to make the grave decision to close their doors because their WAPA bills literally strangle them and force them into insolvency. Virgin Islanders who are unemployed and underemployed are stressing and praying that the terri…
Government · Archive
…made by local workers against subcontractors hired to build WAPA's propane conversion facility on St. Croix. Hodge distanced WAPA from local workers' complaints of unfair hiring practices in favor of imported workers, unsafe and u…
Community Center
After being briefed by WAPA officials, Governor Bryan said the return of Unit 27 ended rotation outages in St. Thomas-St. John after more than two weeks, while urging line repairs, more backup generation and long-term system upgra…
Senate
Lawmakers held Senator Avery Lewis’ bill requiring WAPA to extend potable water service and install fire hydrants in Estate Smith Bay after raising concerns about the absence of a secured funding source for the estimated $12.7 mil…
WAPA
…the 66 samples collected showed these concerning results. However, WAPA says that the issue may be related to stagnant water, as the presence of the detected heavy metals in "the vast majority" of cases, according to WAPA, was gre…
Government
…in place to hopefully resolve some of the issues that’s plaguing WAPA and we intend to follow through on that. And, within our first 100 days, I believe that we’d want to develop that schematic, plan of action that we could start …
VIC News · Archive
…table, but because of the urgency of the matter -- contending that WAPA desperately need the funds -- he stood by his action. Senators, however, decided that the measure needed further vetting and that stakeholders' input needed t…
Community Center · Archive
…aim is to power 90 percent of the islands by Christmas, according to WAPA officials and Governor Kenneth Mapp. Above, WAPA and off-island crews worked Tuesday in Christiansted, St. Croix. Below, find the semiautonomous entity's la…
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