The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said Friday that it has given approval for the hiring of outside assistance to complete the restoration of the utility’s Automated Metering Infrastructure. WAPA said once restoration is completed, it will be in position to ensure accurate and timely billing. The board’s action came in a Friday morning emergency meeting. Senators on Thursday overrode Governor Albert Bryan's veto of a bill that sought to bring relief to Virgin Islands ratepayers by reducing the amount of time the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority could back-bill customers. To complete system restoration, WAPA said it is returning to a contractor and the principal engineer who originally designed and implemented the automated metering system which was decimated in the 2017 hurricanes. The board authorized…
In a release issued Tuesday, WAPA said that in order to maintain the functionality of the Randolph Harley…
ST. THOMAS — A district-wide power outage that affected the St. Thomas-St. John District early afternoon…
ST. THOMAS — On the first day that non-essential businesses were cleared to reopen their establishments…
WAPA Board Approves Lease of Generating Unit…
Staff Consortium April 29, 2020The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority during an emergency meeting Monday…
WAPA to Customers: Pay Bills Now to Avoid Large…
Staff Consortium April 22, 2020The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority on Wednesday told its customers that while service disconnections…
With Historic Oil Crash Accelerating, Senator…
Staff Consortium April 21, 2020Senator Alicia Barnes is keeping the pressure on the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority to lower…
Bryan Challenged the Consortium to Ask Senators…
Ernice Gilbert April 16, 2020A standoff between Governor Albert Bryan and members of the 33rd Legislature relative to the Virgin…
Governor Albert Bryan has vetoed Bill No. 33-0290, which sought to bring relief to Virgin Islands ratepayers by reducing the amount of time the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority could back-bil...
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has filed a request with the Public Services Commission to retain the current LEAC rate for the period of July through December 2020, which would leave ...
ST. CROIX — When St. Croix went dark at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, residents were understandably angered. It was another experience of being without power from a water and power company where such occ...
ST. CROIX — WAPA executives participated in a call-in press briefing with the media at 5pm Sunday to explain why the island of St. Croix had experienced back-to-back island-wide power outages Saturd...
ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority issued a notice this morning stating that an electrical service interruption started affecting St. Croix at 4:50 a.m. Sunday. The island-wide...
ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority issued a notice this morning stating that an electrical service interruption started affecting St. Croix at 4:50 a.m. Sunday. The island-wide...
Senator Allison DeGazon has submitted legislation that would establish a full-time Public Services Commission. In a release issued earlier this week, the first-term Democrat said her frustration with ...
WAPA CEO Lawerence Kupfer sought to clear the authority of information revealed in a lawsuit that could send federal investigators knocking on the utility's doors. A suit filed against the authority...
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority on Tuesday afternoon said it acknowledged receipt of correspondence from APR Energy that, "as a result of a dispute over APR’s obligations under its cont...
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