💧 Water and Power · U.S. Virgin Islands
Power restored in St. Thomas-St. John district after plant outage
Official document: http://www.viwapa.vi/docs/default-source/default-document-library/09062021--electrical-service-restored-to-st-thomas---st-john-district.pdf?sfvrsn=c3ef0e97_2
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said electrical service was restored to all customers in the St. Thomas-St. John district on September 6, 2021, after an outage that began at about 4 a.m.
Interim Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Noel Hodge said the cause of the outage had not been determined. He said it was not clear what circumstances or events had tripped the entire power plant.
According to WAPA, plant personnel faced operational problems with much of the generation fleet for several hours after the outage. Hodge said the issues involved electric systems, fuel delivery, logic systems and other equipment.
WAPA said two gas turbines were later brought online, restoring electrical service to the plant and allowing customer restoration to begin at about 9 a.m. The authority said LPG-fired Wartsila generators were then dispatched to complete the restoration, which was finished about two hours later.