Tag: Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
WAPA Releases Update on St. John Electrical Substation Following Power Transformer...
Jean Greaux, WAPA's Director of Corporate Communications, distributed the following update this morning:
WAPA personnel will perform air quality testing around the St. John electrical...
WAPA Shares Update on April 4 St. John Fire
An early evening fire on Wednesday destroyed a power transformer at WAPA’s electrical substation on St. John. The transformer, one of two such units...
FEMA Approves $182 Million for Emergency Measures after Hurricanes in USVI
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $182,213,326 in additional grants to pay for the restoration of electric power and removal of debris...
Electrical Service Restored in STT – STJ District Following District-Wide Interruption...
Electrical service to residential customers in the St. Thomas – St. John district was restored at approximately 10:30 a.m. Sunday, two hours after a pair of...
WAPA Unveils New Plan for STJ Emergency Power
A top official of the Water and Power Authority recently told a federal judge they want to amend their plans for providing clean power...
WAPA Says Cause Of Island Wide Service Interruption Being Determined
WAPA plant personnel are working with APR Energy to determine the cause of two generating unit’s tripping off-line Monday morning, leaving the St. Thomas...
Petroleum Leak Causes Power Outage
A leak of petroleum product near the V.I.’s Water and Power Authority’s Randolph Harley threatened WAPA’s underground transmission cables, prompting an emergency electrical service...
WAPA Issuing Bills for Post-Storm Electrical and Potable Water Service
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority began issuing bills on February 9, 2018 for electrical and potable water services provided after Hurricanes Irma...
Electrical Service Restored to Customers in the St. Thomas-St. John District
Electrical service was restored to customers in the St. Thomas - St. John district at 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, hours after three generating units tripped at the...
WAPA Board Approves Matters Related To Continued Hurricane Restoration
The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority approved several items relating to the utility’s continued hurricane restoration during a regularly...
