The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority power plants at Estate Richmond on St. Croix and Krum Bay in St. Thomas fared well in the recent weather system with no interruptions to power production, WAPA said Thursday. There were some sporadic feeder outages on Wednesday, Wednesday night, and Thursday morning associated with the increased winds of Tropical Storm Isaias. WAPA Line Department crews have been addressing several isolated electrical service interruptions in both districts. Additionally, at mid-afternoon today, crews completed planting new utility poles and transferring lines in the Golden Rock area. Work on the trouble calls will continue through the night tonight. “These outages are routinely caused by primary service lines slapping against each other, trees intermittently contacting power lines, or tree branches and limbs…
In an emergency meeting on Friday, the V.I. Water and Power Authority Governing Board approved repairs…
During a Thursday Committee on Rules and Judiciary hearing, lawmakers approved Bill 33-0210, an Act…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said Tuesday that it has entered into a $75 million contract…
WAPA to Account for CARES Act Credits on Friday…
Staff Consortium July 15, 2020At the request of Senator Kenneth Gittens, the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority will come before…
Capacity at Randolph Harley Power Plant Bolstered…
Staff Consortium July 03, 2020The operational reliability and efficiency of the Randolph Harley Power Plant received a significant…
WAPA Board Chair and Director Remain Tight-lipped…
Ernice Gilbert June 30, 2020The leadership of the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority, namely governing board chairman Anthony…
Protests Against WAPA Persist as Organizers Call…
Kia Griffith June 28, 2020ST. CROIX — Saturday marked the fourth day in which residents on St. Croix protested what has been deemed…
After a tumultuous week that included a social media scandal and anti-WAPA protests, the Water and Power Authority board postponed a move to give pay raises to top executives. The WAPA Governing Boar...
After starting a grassroots movement that ultimately led to a top WAPA attorney being let go for racially charged comments the attorney, Mark Kragel, made on Facebook, where he wrote, "F*ck Black Live...
Mark Kragel, who worked at WAPA for a decade as its deputy legal counsel, is no longer employed at the authority, WAPA Communications Director Jean Greaux has confirmed to the Consortium. In a brief ...
Amid a firestorm over social media comments by a top WAPA attorney, pay raises are on the agenda Thursday for the Water and Power Authority "executive management and confidential” staff. The WAPA...
The Water and Power Authority Governing Board will meet in emergency session on Monday to determine the fate of executive Mark A. Kragel, after the Deputy General Counsel’s “overtly racist and rep...
ST. CROIX — During the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority'S public Governing Board Zoom meeting on Thursday afternoon, WAPA approved a quote of $223,300, set aside from the $14.5 million CARES...
The BVI Electric Corporation (BVIEC) has provided a statement to the Consortium that seeks to "defend the integrity" of BVIEC and the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, and to "stand in support...
In response to a recent round of generation capacity challenges at the Randolph Harley Power Plant on St. Thomas, WAPA personnel have led a troubleshooting regimen toward resolving issues a the plant'...
Both the St. Thomas-St. John and St. Croix districts were affected by V.I Water and Power Authority outages on Tuesday, with some customers on St. Croix reporting outages up to five times during the d...
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