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Root Cause of Major Power Outage in St. Thomas-St. John District Won't Be Known For Days, WAPA Says

In a release issued Friday night, the V.I. Water and Power Authority said the cause of a major power outage in the St. Thomas-St. John District that last for 12 hours beginning Thursday night, won't be known for a number of days until a full investigation has taken place. The authority said electric service was restored to all customers in the St. Thomas–St. John district at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Friday. WAPA said while it will take a few days to fully determine and understand the cause of the outage, authority officials suspect that a large generating unit tripped and affected the functionality of three smaller units which resulted in a districtwide outage impacting service to all customers on St. Thomas, St. John, Water Island and Hassel Island, according to the release. At the Randolph Harley Power Plant Friday morning, Interim Executive Director / CEO Noel Hodge said electric system personnel have already began to review data logs of the units dispatched at the time of the ...