💧 Water and Power · U.S. Virgin Islands
WAPA board approved sale of excess equipment for Northern Mariana Islands restoration
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority board approved the sale of excess transformers, materials and supplies on January 3, 2019, to support electrical restoration work in the Northern Mariana Islands after Super Typhoon Yutu.
WAPA said the approval covered the sale of 675 excess transformers at an estimated cost of $1.3 million, plus administrative fees. The board also approved the sale of excess grid-rebuilding materials, including pole hardware, conductors, insulators and pot heads.
American Wire Group, a WAPA supply vendor, was set to purchase the excess materials from the authority and provide them to the Northern Mariana Islands.
WAPA said FEMA approved the sale because the assets had originally been purchased by the authority and later reimbursed by the federal government during post-hurricane restoration in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proceeds from the sale were to be returned to FEMA.
The board also approved the sale of additional excess transformers, with a $2.5 million cap on all transformer sales.