WAPA Will Continue St. Thomas Feeder Rotation Schedule on Tuesday

Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority engineers and technicians worked throughout the day on Monday to prepare gas turbine Unit #23 to receive a new part for its ratchet system. The part was shipped from Germany over the weekend. WAPA anticipates completing repairs by Wednesday and restoring stability to St. Thomas' Randolph E. Harley Power Plant once the 42-megawatt unit is back on line after one week of being out of service. According to Hugo Hodge, Jr. WAPA’s Executive Director, the utility will continue to rotate feeders every two hours on Tuesday in order to meet customers’ demand for electricity. Hodge said that while WAPA implemented a rotation schedule on Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., the schedule was discontinued by 4 p.m. when WAPA was able to meet the mid- afternoon demand. Two of the larger hotels remained off line and generated their own power in order to assist WAPA in meeting its generation shortfalls.

WAPA will implement rotating outages on Tuesday, as necessary, according to the following schedule:

Rotation Schedule

Tuesday July 22, 2008

9 to 11 a.m.
A section of 10B Feeder: Bakkero to Frenchman’s Bay, Antilles School area/Frenchman’s Bay area

9C Feeder: Brookman, Fort Mylner, Mariendahl

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
9E Feeder: St. John/Fish Bay, Adrian, Gift Hill, Enighed, Contant, Great Cruz Bay

Ridge Road Feeder: Montessori School, Cowpet Resort, Elysian Hotel areas

A section of 7D Feeder: Smith Bay, Water Bay, Point Pleasant, Coral World

1 to 3 p.m.
7B Feeder: The Avenue, Sugar Estate, Oswald Harris Court, Lockhart Mall, Raphune Hill, Cost-u-less, Home Depot, Price Smart

3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A section of 8B Feeder: Mahogany Run, Mandahl, Wintberg, Lovenlund

A section of 7C Feeder: Tutu, Anna’s Retreat

5 to 7 p .m.
A section of 7E Feeder: St. John National Park to Coral Bay, North Side

8A Feeder: Nisky Center, Savan, Altona, Bergs Home, Garden Street, Agnes Fancy

A section of 6A Feeder: University of the Virgin Islands, Hope, Bordeaux, Santa Maria, a section of Estate Pearl

7 to 9 p.m.
A section of 10B Feeder: Paul M. Pearson Garden Community, West Indian Company, Estate Thomas

9 to 11 p.m.
9A Feeder: Backstreet, Sub base

WAPA regrets the inconveniences that the rotating schedule may create for its customers and is doing everything possible to restore full service to all feeders as soon as possible.