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WAPA
WAPA says the current streetlight funding formula is unsustainable, with about $2 million generated annually against roughly $7.5 million in costs. It proposes raising the property-tax allocation to 11% and adding a customer surch…
Health
WAPA says E. coli was detected twice at the Frederiksted Dock sample point, prompting a Tier 1 boil-water advisory. Customers should boil water for one minute or use bottled water for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, making ice …
WAPA
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…
Hurricane Season
…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
WAPA says several major grid projects will require planned outages, traffic detours, trenching, dust and noise, as crews work to finish the Feeder 13 bypass before schools reopen and prepare for additional feeder upgrades on St. T…
WAPA
WAPA says reverse-osmosis production has resumed at Richmond after water-quality testing cleared the intake, but pressure will recover gradually across St. Croix. The island remains under a boil-water advisory, and conservation me…
WAPA
…St. Thomas outages, including planned disruptions, “torture” as WAPA prepared for five more hours of propane-valve work. Karl Knight warned the district remains in a “very tender capacity situation” until more generation is added.
Community Center
WAPA will interrupt power from roughly 11 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday as crews complete another phase of the $17 million Feeder 13 bypass, affecting 10 feeders and moving the utility closer to improved reliability for more t…
WAPA
WAPA says HUD’s suspension of VIHFA has not yet disrupted obligated projects, including the VITOL and Wartsila work, but a battery backup project awaiting authorization and possible limits on CDBG-DR matching funds remain potentia…
WAPA
Lynton Scotland’s nomination to WAPA’s governing board cleared the Rules and Judiciary Committee after he outlined how his experience in utility procurement, supply chains and engineering could support reliability, planning and st…
Government
WAPA, SRMC, JFL and WMA owe GERS about $72.4 million in employee and employer contributions and loan payments. Angel Dawson says the arrears are restricting member loans and retirements while the system now faces a $112 million fu…
WAPA
…to the release, D.O.J. special agents arrested Mr. Vanterpool, WAPA’s director of transmission and distribution, on a warrant signed by a V.I. Superior Court Magistrate on St. Thomas. The Office of the Attorney General also filed …
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