Opinion

Op-Ed | Solutions To WAPA Cannot Wait

The constant wapa power outages are demoralizing  people and businesses. The psychic toll is heavy. The sense of security we come to expect in our daily lives is eroding as outages strike at the most inconvenient time affecting family life, social functions, the work place environment, customer and visitor experiences.  Most people now have surge protectors on all appliances and at their businesses. However that is often not enough to protect sensitive electronic equipment.  I do not know anyone who has not lost expensive appliances that got fried or business equipment, computer boards -- myself included.  Everyone seems to agree  it's worse than its ever been as far as frequency and duration of outages. Saturday’s loss of capacity in the St. Thomas / St. John district has brought that home to residents and visitors for the umpteenth time. The other catastrophic factor in this ugly equation is that residents and businesses are already struggling to pay the existing exorbitantly hi...